A note on the diophantine equation k 2 - 1 = q n + 1

Maohua Le

Colloquium Mathematicae (1998)

  • Volume: 76, Issue: 1, page 31-34
  • ISSN: 0010-1354

Abstract

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In this note we prove that the equation k 2 - 1 = q n + 1 , q ≥ 2 , n ≥ 3 , has only finitely many positive integer solutions ( k , q , n ) . Moreover, all solutions ( k , q , n ) satisfy k 10 10 182 , q 10 10 165 and n 2 · 10 17 .

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Le, Maohua. "A note on the diophantine equation ${k\atopwithdelims ()2}-1=q^n+1$." Colloquium Mathematicae 76.1 (1998): 31-34. <http://eudml.org/doc/210550>.

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References

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  2. [2] A. Baker and G. Wüstholz, Logarithmic forms and group varieties, J. Reine Angew. Math. 442 (1993), 19-62. Zbl0788.11026
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  4. [4] T. N. Shorey and R. Tijdeman, Exponential Diophantine Equation, Cambridge Tracts in Math. 87, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1986. Zbl0606.10011

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