A unique perfect power decagonal number

DOI10.1017/S0004972721000605MaRDI QIDQ5069266zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Philippe Michaud-Rodgers

Publication date 8 April 2022

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.09554

zbMATH Keywords

Diophantine equationspolygonal numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41) Arithmetic algebraic geometry (Diophantine geometry) (11G99)

Abstract: Let $mathcal{P}_s(n)$ denote the $n$th $s$-gonal number. We consider the equation [mathcal{P}_s(n) = y^m, ] for integers $n,s,y,$ and $m$. All solutions to this equation are known for $m>2$ and $sin3,5,6,8,20$. We consider the case $s=10$, that of decagonal numbers. Using a descent argument and the modular method, we prove that the only decagonal number $>1$ expressible as a perfect $m$th power with $m>1$ is $mathcal{P}_{10}(3)=3^3$.

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