On stronger conjectures that imply the Erdős-Moser conjecture

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2011.01.004MaRDI QIDQ531841zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Bernd C. Kellner

Publication date 20 April 2011

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.1646

zbMATH Keywords

consecutive values of polynomialsErdős-Moser equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bernoulli and Euler numbers and polynomials (11B68) Special sequences and polynomials (11B83) Exponential Diophantine equations (11D61)

Abstract: The Erd"os-Moser conjecture states that the Diophantine equation $S_k(m)=m^k$, where $S_k(m)=1^k+2^k+\mathrm{...}+(m-1{)}^k$, has no solution for positive integers $k$ and $m$ with $kgeq2$. We show that stronger conjectures about consecutive values of the function $S_k$, that seem to be more naturally, imply the Erd"os-Moser conjecture.

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