On equation Xn − 1 = BZn

DOI10.1142/S1793042117500282zbMATH Open1416.11046arXiv1412.5798OpenAlexW2516902547MaRDI QIDQ2969713FDOQ2969713

Authors: Boris Bartolome, Preda Mihaĭlescu 

Publication date: 23 March 2017

Published in: International Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the Diophantine equation X^n - 1 = B.Z^n, where B in Z is understood as a parameter. We prove that if the equation has a solution, then either the Euler totient of the radical, phi(rad (B)), has a common divisor with the exponent n, or the exponent is a prime and the solution stems from a solution to the diagonal case of the Nagell-Ljunggren equation: (X^n-1)/(X-1) = n^e.Y^n; e = 0 or 1. This allows us to apply recent results on this equation to the binary Thue equation in question. In particular, we can then display parametrized families for which the Thue equation has no solution. The first such family was proved by Bennett in his seminal paper on binary Thue equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.5798

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zbMATH Keywords

Stickelberger elementsNagell-Ljunggren equationbinary Thue equationlocal Diophantine approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41) Thue-Mahler equations (11D59)

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