On a class of generalized Fermat equations of signature \((2,2n,3)\) (Q2071699): Difference between revisions

This paper is motivated by the study of the signature \((2,2n,3)\) generalized Fermat equations \(a x^2 + y^{2n} = 4 z^3\) and \(x^2 + a y^{2n} = 4 z^3\) when \(\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-a})\) has class number one. The authors focus on the case \(a = 7\), which is the only case which can have non-trivial coprime integer solutions as the other cases can be resolved by a classical descent argument. For the equation \(7 x^2 + y^{2n} = 4 z^3\), the paper determines all solutions when \(2 \le n \le 5\) using the Chabauty method, and for prime exponents \(n = p \not= 13\) in the range \(7 < p < 10^9\) using the modular method and a Kraus type argument. Additional results for a positive density of primes \(p\) are obtained using the symplectic method, as well as the quadratic reciprocity method. The equation \(x^2 + 7 y^{2n} = 4 z^3\) is considered in the authors' forthcoming work.