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On the diophantine equation x 2 = y p + 2 k z p

Samir Siksek (2003)

Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux

We attack the equation of the title using a Frey curve, Ribet’s level-lowering theorem and a method due to Darmon and Merel. We are able to determine all the solutions in pairwise coprime integers x , y , z if p 7 is prime and k 2 . From this we deduce some results about special cases of this equation that have been studied in the literature. In particular, we are able to combine our result with previous results of Arif and Abu Muriefah, and those of Cohn to obtain a complete solution for the equation x 2 + 2 k = y n for...

On the diophantine equation ( x m + 1 ) ( x n + 1 ) = y ²

Maohua Le (1997)

Acta Arithmetica

1. Introduction. Let ℤ, ℕ, ℚ be the sets of integers, positive integers and rational numbers respectively. In [7], Ribenboim proved that the equation    (1) ( x m + 1 ) ( x n + 1 ) = y ² , x,y,m,n ∈ ℕ, x > 1, n > m ≥ 1, has no solution (x,y,m,n) with 2|x and (1) has only finitely many solutions (x,y,m,n) with 2∤x. Moreover, all solutions of (1) with 2∤x satisfy max(x,m,n) < C, where C is an effectively computable constant. In this paper we completely determine all solutions of (1) as follows.   Theorem. Equation (1)...

On the diophantine equation x y - y x = c z

Zhongfeng Zhang, Jiagui Luo, Pingzhi Yuan (2012)

Colloquium Mathematicae

Applying results on linear forms in p-adic logarithms, we prove that if (x,y,z) is a positive integer solution to the equation x y - y x = c z with gcd(x,y) = 1 then (x,y,z) = (2,1,k), (3,2,k), k ≥ 1 if c = 1, and either ( x , y , z ) = ( c k + 1 , 1 , k ) , k ≥ 1 or 2 x < y m a x 1 . 5 × 10 10 , c if c ≥ 2.

On the Diophantine equation x² - dy⁴ = 1 with prime discriminant II

D. Poulakis, P. G. Walsh (2006)

Colloquium Mathematicae

Let p denote a prime number. P. Samuel recently solved the problem of determining all squares in the linear recurrence sequence {Tₙ}, where Tₙ and Uₙ satisfy Tₙ² - pUₙ² = 1. Samuel left open the problem of determining all squares in the sequence {Uₙ}. This problem was recently solved by the authors. In the present paper, we extend our previous joint work by completely solving the equation Uₙ = bx², where b is a fixed positive squarefree integer. This result also extends previous work of the second...

On the diophantine equation x²+x+1 = yz

A. Schinzel (2015)

Colloquium Mathematicae

All solutions of the equation x²+x+1 = yz in non-negative integers x,y,z are given in terms of an arithmetic continued fraction.

On the diophantine equation xp - x = yq - y.

Maurice Mignotte, Attila Petho (1999)

Publicacions Matemàtiques

We consider the diophantine equation(*)    xp - x = yq - y in integers (x, p, y, q). We prove that for given p and q with 2 ≤ p &lt; q, (*) has only finitely many solutions. Assuming the abc-conjecture we can prove that p and q are bounded. In the special case p = 2 and y a prime power we are able to solve (*) completely.

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