On the exponential Diophantine equation related to powers of two consecutive terms of Lucas sequences

DOI10.1007/S11139-020-00278-7MaRDI QIDQ2052853zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Mahadi Ddamulira, Florian Luca

Publication date 29 November 2021

Published in The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.10265

zbMATH Keywords

Baker's methodlinear forms in logarithmsLucas sequences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations (11B39) Exponential Diophantine equations (11D61) Linear forms in logarithms; Baker's method (11J86)

Abstract: Let $rge1$ be an integer and $$ be the Lucas sequence given by $U_0=0$, $U_1=1,$ and $U_{n+2}=r{U}_{n+1}+U_n$, for all $nge0$. In this paper, we show that there are no positive integers $rge3,xe2,nge1$ such that $U_n^x+U_{n+1}^x$ is a member of $$.

Review text

Let \(r\ge 1\) be an integer and \(\mathbf U:=(U_n)_{n\ge 0}\) be the sequence given by \(U_0=0\), \(U_1=1\), and \(U_{n+2}=r U_{n+1}+U_n\) (\(n\ge 0\)). In this paper, the Diophantine equation \(U_n^{x}+U_{n+1}^{x}=U_m\) in nonnegative integers \((n,m,x)\) is considered. When \(r=1\) and \(r=2\), it is proved in [Proc. Japan. Acad., Ser A 137, 45--50 (2011; Zbl 1253.11046); Turk. J. Math. 43, 1640--1649 (2019; Zbl 1455.11056)], respectively that the equation has no positive integral solution \((n,m,x)\) with \(n\ge 2\) and \(x\ge 3\), and with \(x\ne 2\), respectively. In this paper, it is proved that the equation has no positive integral solution \((r, n,m,x)\) with \(r\ge 3\), \(x\ne 2\) and \(n\ge 1\).

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