The Diophantine equation $x^p+1=py^2$ (Q3148682)

The reviewer [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 128, 1927--1931 (2000; Zbl 1050.11037)] proved two theorems on the Diophantine equation \(x^p+2^{2m}=py^2\), where the first one showed that if \(p\) is a prime, \(p\equiv 1\mod 4\) and \(p\nmid B_{(p-1)/2}\), where \(B_n\) denotes the \(n\)th Bernoulli number, then the Diophantine equation (1) \(x^p+1=py^2\) has no solution in positive integers \(x\) and \(y\). In this paper, the author proves that if \(p\) is an odd prime, \(p\nmid u\), where \((v+u\sqrt{p})/2\) is the fundamental unit in the field \(\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{p})\), then equation (1) has no solution in positive integers \(x\) and \(y\).