Rational Points on a Class of Superelliptic Curves

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Using the method of \textit{A. Wiles} [Ann. Math. (2) 141, 443--551 (1995; Zbl 0823.11029)] the author proves that for \(k\geq 2,2\leq m\leq 4\) all rational points \((x,y)\) on the superelliptic curve \[ y^k=(x+1)(x+2)\ldots (x+m) \] are the trivial ones with \(x=-j\) \((j=1,\ldots,m)\) and \(y=0\) except for the case \(k=m=2\) where we have exactly those satisfying \[ x={{2c_1^2-c_2^2}\over {c_2^2-c_1^2}},\quad y={{c_1c_2}\over {c_2^2-c_1^2}} \] with coprime integers \(c_1\neq \pm c_2\). The statement is conjectured to hold for any \(m\geq 2\).











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