On the equation a p + 2 α b p + c p = 0

Kenneth A. Ribet

Acta Arithmetica (1997)

  • Volume: 79, Issue: 1, page 7-16
  • ISSN: 0065-1036

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We discuss the equation a p + 2 α b p + c p = 0 in which a, b, and c are non-zero relatively prime integers, p is an odd prime number, and α is a positive integer. The technique used to prove Fermat’s Last Theorem shows that the equation has no solutions with α < 1 or b even. When α=1 and b is odd, there are the two trivial solutions (±1, ∓ 1, ±1). In 1952, Dénes conjectured that these are the only ones. Using methods of Darmon, we prove this conjecture for p≡ 1 mod 4.

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Kenneth A. Ribet. "On the equation $a^p + 2^α b^p + c^p = 0$." Acta Arithmetica 79.1 (1997): 7-16. <http://eudml.org/doc/206967>.

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