On power values of pyramidal numbers, II

DOI10.4064/AA211213-27-7MaRDI QIDQ6136610zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andrej Dujella, Kálmán Győry, Philippe Michaud-Jacobs, Ákos Pintér

Publication date 31 August 2023

Published in Acta Arithmetica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.03782

zbMATH Keywords

binomial Thue equationsmodular methodpyramidalperfect powerlevel-loweringFrey curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41) Exponential Diophantine equations (11D61) Thue-Mahler equations (11D59) Arithmetic problems in algebraic geometry; Diophantine geometry (14G99)

Abstract: For $mgeq3$, we define the $m$th order pyramidal number by [ mathrm{Pyr}_m(x) = frac{1}{6} x(x+1)((m-2)x+5-m). ] In a previous paper, written by the first-, second-, and fourth-named authors, all solutions to the equation $mathrm{Pyr}_m(x)=y^2$ are found in positive integers $x$ and $y$, for $6leqmleq100$. In this paper, we consider the question of higher powers, and find all solutions to the equation $mathrm{Pyr}_m(x)=y^n$ in positive integers $x$, $y$, and $n$, with $ngeq3$, and $5leqmleq50$. We reduce the problem to a study of systems of binomial Thue equations, and use a combination of local arguments, the modular method via Frey curves, and bounds arising from linear forms in logarithms to solve the problem.

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