On the Diophantine equation (x^ k-1)(y^ k-1)=(z^ k-1).

DOI10.1016/S0019-3577(04)90002-XMaRDI QIDQ1890409zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Yann Bugeaud

Publication date 3 January 2005

Published in Indagationes Mathematicae. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/S0019-3577(04)90002-X

zbMATH Keywords

exponential Diophantine equationlinear forms in two logarithms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exponential Diophantine equations (11D61) Linear forms in logarithms; Baker's method (11J86)

Review text

The author investigates the possible existence of pairs of distinct positive integers \((a,b)\) such that any of the three numbers \(a+1, b+1\) and \(ab+1\) is a \(k\)-th power, where \(k\geq 3\). Moreover he proves results related to variants of the problem of Diophantus.

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