The Catalan equation

DOI10.1016/J.INDAG.2016.08.001zbMATH Open1404.11031arXiv1610.06440OpenAlexW2516154533MaRDI QIDQ2400610FDOQ2400610

Authors: Peter Koymans 

Publication date: 29 August 2017

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

Abstract: We consider the Catalan equation $x^p-y^q=1$ in unknowns $x,y,p,q$, where $x,y$ are taken from an integral domain $A$ of characteristic $0$ that is finitely generated as a $mathbbZ$-algebra and $p,q>1$ are integers. We give explicit upper bounds for $p$ and $q$ in terms of the defining parameters of $A$. Our main theorem is a more precise version of a result of Brindza. Brindza also gave inexplicit bounds for $p$ and $q$ in the special case that $A$ is the ring of $S$-integers for some number field $K$. As part of the proof of our main theorem, we will give a less technical proof for this special case with explicit upper bounds for $p$ and $q$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.06440

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zbMATH Keywords

linear forms in logarithmsCatalan equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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