Problems and some results concerning the diophantine equation \(1+A+A^ 2+\cdots +A^{x-1}=P^ y\) (Q1069970)

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Problems and some results concerning the diophantine equation \(1+A+A^ 2+\cdots +A^{x-1}=P^ y\)
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    Problems and some results concerning the diophantine equation \(1+A+A^ 2+\cdots +A^{x-1}=P^ y\) (English)
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    1985
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    The purpose is to raise several as yet unsettled questions concerning the equation of the title. Apparently, the only konwn example is \(1+3+3^ 2+3^ 3+3^ 4=11^ 2\).
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    exponential diophantine equations
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    open questions
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