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Diophantine equations involving Euler's totient function

Number Theory 2022-01-27 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the equations involving Euler's totient function ϕ\phi and Lucas type sequences. In particular, we prove that the equation ϕ(xmym)=xnyn\phi (x^m-y^m)=x^n-y^n has no solutions in positive integers x,y,m,nx, y, m, n except for the trivial solutions (x,y,m,n)=(a+1,a,1,1)(x, y, m , n)=(a+1, a, 1, 1), where aa is a positive integer, and the equation ϕ((xmym)/(xy))=(xnyn)/(xy)\phi ((x^m-y^m)/(x-y))=(x^n-y^n)/(x-y) has no solutions in positive integers x,y,m,nx, y, m, n except for the trivial solutions (x,y,m,n)=(a,b,1,1)(x, y, m , n)=(a, b, 1, 1), where a,ba, b are integers with a>b1a>b\ge 1.

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@article{arxiv.1711.00180,
  title  = {Diophantine equations involving Euler's totient function},
  author = {Yong-Gao Chen and Hao Tian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.00180},
  year   = {2022}
}

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40 pages

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