On the generalized Ramanujan-Nagell equation \(x^2+(2c-1)^m=c^n\) (Q2221035)

From MaRDI portal





scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7301197
Language Label Description Also known as
default for all languages
No label defined
    English
    On the generalized Ramanujan-Nagell equation \(x^2+(2c-1)^m=c^n\)
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7301197

      Statements

      On the generalized Ramanujan-Nagell equation \(x^2+(2c-1)^m=c^n\) (English)
      0 references
      0 references
      0 references
      25 January 2021
      0 references
      There are several results on the generalized Ramanujan-Nagell equation of type \[x^2+b^m=c^n\] where \(b,c\) are given integers \(>1\), \(x,n,m\) are variables.\par \textit{N. Terai} [Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. 90, No. 1, 20--27 (2014; Zbl 1334.11020)] showed that if \(2c-1\) is prime and \(2c-1\equiv 3,5 (\mod 8)\), then the equation \(x^2+(2c-1)^m=c^n\) has only the single solution \((x, m, n) = (c - 1, 1, 2)\) and conjectured that the statement is valid for any \(c\).\par In the present paper the authors show, that if \(2c-1=3p^l\) or \( 5p^l\) with a prime \(p\) and a positive integer \(l\), then the conjecture is true.
      0 references
      generalized Ramanujan-Nagell equation
      0 references
      generalized Fermat equation
      0 references
      Nagell-Ljunggren equation
      0 references
      0 references

      Identifiers