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The author gives a survey of very recent results on the equation of Nagell and Ljunggren \[ \frac{x^n-1}{x-1}= y^q \tag{1} \] in integers \(x,y> 1\), \(n> 2\) and \(q\geq 2\). For instance, the author and his collaborators have shown that equation (1) has no solution if (i) \(x\) is a square, (ii) \(x= p^t\) with \(p\geq 11\), prime and \(\text{gcd} (q,p-1)= 1\), (iii) \(x=z^t\) with \(z\leq 10\). In this article the author gives a proof for the result that equation (1) has no solution if \(n\equiv 1\pmod q\). The proof depends on extensive computations. This has been obtained independently by M. Bennett. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0940.00025].