Superelliptic equations arising from sums of consecutive powers

DOI10.4064/AA8305-12-2015zbMATH Open1401.11076arXiv1509.06619OpenAlexW2963792763MaRDI QIDQ2804248FDOQ2804248

Samir Siksek, Vandita Patel, Michael A. Bennett

Publication date: 28 April 2016

Published in: Acta Arithmetica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using only elementary arguments, Cassels solved the Diophantine equation $(x-1{)}^3+x^3+(x+1{)}^3=z^2$ in integers $x$, $z$. The generalization $(x-1{)}^k+x^k+(x+1{)}^k=z^n$ (with $x$, $z$, $n$ integers and $nge2$) was considered by Zhongfeng Zhang who solved it for $k=2$, $3$, $4$ using Frey-Hellegouarch curves and their Galois representations. In this paper, by employing some sophisticated refinements of this approach, we show that the only solution for $k=5$ is $x=z=0$, and that there are no solutions for $k=6$. The chief innovation we employ is a computational one, which enables us to avoid the full computation of data about cuspidal newforms of high level.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.06619

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zbMATH Keywords

modularityexponential equationGalois representationlevel loweringFrey-Hellegouarch curvemulti-Frey-Hellegouarch

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Holomorphic modular forms of integral weight (11F11) Galois representations (11F80) Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41) Exponential Diophantine equations (11D61)

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• Magma

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