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Repdigits in the base b as sums of four balancing numbers

Refik Keskin, Faticko Erduvan (2021)

Mathematica Bohemica

The sequence of balancing numbers ( B n ) is defined by the recurrence relation B n = 6 B n - 1 - B n - 2 for n 2 with initial conditions B 0 = 0 and B 1 = 1 . B n is called the n th balancing number. In this paper, we find all repdigits in the base b , which are sums of four balancing numbers. As a result of our theorem,...

Superelliptic equations arising from sums of consecutive powers

Michael A. Bennett, Vandita Patel, Samir Siksek (2016)

Acta Arithmetica

Using only elementary arguments, Cassels solved the Diophantine equation (x-1)³ + x³ + (x+1)³ = z² (with x, z ∈ ℤ). The generalization ( x - 1 ) k + x k + ( x + 1 ) k = z n (with x, z, n ∈ ℤ and n ≥ 2) was considered by Zhongfeng Zhang who solved it for k ∈ 2,3,4 using Frey-Hellegouarch curves and their corresponding Galois representations. In this paper, by employing some sophisticated refinements of this approach, we show that the only solutions for k = 5 have x = z = 0, and that there are no solutions for k = 6. The chief innovation...

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