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Using the modular method, we study solutions to the Diophantine equation $$Aa^p+Bb^p=Cc^2$$ over number fields. We first prove an asymptotic result for general number fields satisfying an appropriate $S$-unit condition by assuming some…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Begum Gulsah Cakti , Erman Isik , Yasemin Kara , Ekin Ozman

In this paper, we prove results about solutions of the Diophantine equation $x^p+y^p=z^3$ over various number fields using the modular method. Firstly, by assuming some standard modularity conjecture we prove an asymptotic result for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-03-10 Erman Isik , Yasemin Kara , Ekin Ozman

We describe a strategy to attack infinitely many Fermat-type equations of signature $(r,r,p)$, where $r \geq 7$ is a fixed prime and $p$ is a prime allowed to vary. We use a variant of the modular method over totally real subfields of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-11-01 Nuno Freitas

The main aim of this article is to find all solutions of the Diophantine equation $x^2 + p^k=y^n$ where $p \equiv 1 \pmod 4$, $\frac{p-1}{3}$ is a perfect square and the class number of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-p}]$ is $2$. In this article, I…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-25 Arkabrata Ghosh

In this paper, we gave solutions of the Diophantine equations 16^{x}+p^{y}=z^{2}, 64^{x}+p^{y}=z^{2} where p is an odd prime, n is a positive integer and x,y,z are non-negative integers. Finally we gave a generalization of the Diophantine…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-02-13 Bilge Peker , Selin Inag Cenberci

Let $E/\mathbb Q$ be an elliptic curve and $p \geq 3$ a prime. The modular curve $X_E^-(p)$ parameterizes elliptic curves with $p$-torsion modules anti-symplectically isomorphic to $E[p]$. The work of Freitas--Naskr\k{e}cki--Stoll uses the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-12 Nuno Freitas , Diana Mocanu , Ignasi Sanchez-Rodriguez

In this article, we study the non-trivial primitive solutions of a certain type for the Diophantine equations $x^p+y^p=2^rz^p$ and $x^p+y^p=z^2$ of prime exponent $p$, $r \in \mathbb{N}$, over a totally real field $K$. Then for $r=2,3$, we…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-25 Narasimha Kumar , Satyabrat Sahoo

We give sufficient conditions to determine the existence of nontrivial solutions to the Fermat equation $x^3+y^3=kz^3$ over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d})$ by constructing a relationship with the points on the elliptic curve $y^2=x^3-432d^3k^2$ over…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-21 Alejandro Argaez-Garcia , Javier Diaz-Vargas , Luis Eli Pech-Moreno

Wiles' proof of Fermat's last theorem initiated a powerful new approach towards the resolution of certain Diophantine equations over $\mathbb{Q}$. Numerous novel obstacles arise when extending this approach to the resolution of Diophantine…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-09 Maleeha Khawaja , Samir Siksek

In this paper, the theory of elliptic curves is used for finding the solutions of the quartic Diophantine equation $X^4+Y^4=2(U^4+V^4)$ Keywords: Diophantine equation, Elliptic curve, Congruent number

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-01-26 Farzali Izadi , Kamran Nabardi

In this paper, we use the method of Thue and Siegel, based on explicit Pade approximations to algebraic functions, to completely solve a family of quartic Thue equations. From this result, we can also solve the diophantine equation in the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-07-12 Chen Jian Hua , Paul Voutier

In this paper, we develop the modular method for the generalized Fermat equation appearing in the title, within the framework of Darmon's program and using Frey hyperelliptic curves. As an application, we study a conjecture of Laradji,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Pedro-José Cazorla García , Angelos Koutsianas , Lucas Villagra-Torcomian

It is shown that the quartic Fermat equation $x^4 +y^4=1$ has nontrivial integral solutions in the Hilbert class field $\Sigma$ of any quadratic field $K=\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-d})$ whose discriminant satisfies $-d \equiv 1$ (mod 8). A corollary…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-10-07 Rodney Lynch , Patrick Morton

Let $p$ be a prime integer, $\mathbb{Z}_p$ the finite field of order $p$ and $\mathbb{Z}^{*}_{p}$ is its multiplicative cyclic group. We consider the Diophantine equation $x^n + y^n = z^n$ with $1 \leq n \leq \frac{p - 1}{2}$. Our main aim…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-10 Silvia R. Valdes , Yelena Shvets

In this paper we prove new cases of the asymptotic Fermat equation with coefficients. This is done by solving remarkable $S$-units equations and applying a method of Frey-Mazur.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-11-10 Luis Dieulefait , Eduardo Soto

In this paper we prove that equations of the form $x^{13} + y^{13} = Cz^{p}$ have no non-trivial primitive solutions (a,b,c) such that $13 \nmid c$ if $p > 4992539$ for an infinite family of values for $C$. Our method consists in relating a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-01-31 Luis Dieulefait , Nuno Freitas

We consider the Diophantine equation $7x^{2} + y^{2n} = 4z^{3}$. We determine all solutions to this equation for $n = 2, 3, 4$ and $5$. We formulate a Kraus type criterion for showing that the Diophantine equation $7x^{2} + y^{2p} = 4z^{3}$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-06-30 Karolina Chałupka , Andrzej Dąbrowski , Gökhan Soydan

In this note we find all the solutions of the Diophantine equation $x^4\pm y^4=iz^2$ using elliptic curves over $\mathbb Q(i)$. Also, using the same method we give a new proof of Hilbert's result that the equation $x^4\pm y^4=z^2$ has only…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-11-24 Filip Najman

We give some new, simple results on the equation X^p + Y^p = Z^q.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Preda Mihailescu

We prove that the Fermat-type equation $x^3 + y^3 = z^p$ has no solutions $(a,b,c)$ satisfying $abc \ne 0$ and $\gcd(a,b,c)=1$ when $-3$ is not a square mod~$p$. This improves to approximately $0.844$ the Dirichlet density of the set of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-26 Nuno Freitas