PERFECT POWERS IN PRODUCTS OF TERMS OF ELLIPTIC DIVISIBILITY SEQUENCES

DOI10.1017/S0004972716000332zbMATH Open1419.11061arXiv1604.03707MaRDI QIDQ2976269FDOQ2976269

Shanta Laishram, M. Szikszai, Lajos Hajdu

Publication date: 28 April 2017

Published in: Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Diophantine problems involving recurrence sequences have a long history and is an actively studied topic within number theory. In this paper, we connect to the field by considering the equation �egin{align*} B_mB_{m+d}dots B_{m+(k-1)d}=y^ell end{align*} in positive integers $m,d,k,y$ with $gcd(m,d)=1$ and $kgeq2$, where $ellgeq2$ is a fixed integer and $B=(B_n{)}_{n=1}^{i}nfty$ is an elliptic divisibility sequence, an important class of non-linear recurrences. We prove that the above equation admits only finitely many solutions. In fact, we present an algorithm to find all possible solutions, provided that the set of $ell$-th powers in $B$ is given. (Note that this set is known to be finite.) We illustrate our method by an example.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03707

zbMATH Keywords

elliptic divisibility sequenceperfect powers in products

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Recurrences (11B37) Exponential Diophantine equations (11D61)

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Cited In (3)

• Perfect powers in elliptic divisibility sequences
• Powers in products of terms of Pell's and Pell–Lucas Sequences
• Diophantine equations concerning balancing and Lucas balancing numbers

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