On the generalized Pillai equation a^x b^y=c

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2005.09.001zbMATH Open1146.11020arXiv1102.4834OpenAlexW2047351779WikidataQ56226409 ScholiaQ56226409MaRDI QIDQ852536FDOQ852536

Authors: Reese Scott, Robert Styer 

Publication date: 15 November 2006

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

Abstract: In this paper we consider $N$, the number of solutions $(x,y,u,v)$ to the equation $(-1{)}^{u}r{a}^x+(-1{)}^{v}s{b}^y=c$ in nonnegative integers $x,y$ and integers $u,vin0,1$, for given integers $a>1$, $b>1$, $c>0$, $r>0$ and $s>0$. We show that $Nle2$ when $gcd(ra,sb)=1$ and $min(x,y)>0$, except for a finite number of cases that can be found in a finite number of steps. For arbitrary $gcd(ra,sb)$ and $min(x,y)ge0$, we show that when $(u,v)=(0,1)$ we have $Nle3$, with an infinite number of cases for which N=3.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.4834

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zbMATH Keywords

exponential Diophantine equationsPillai equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exponential Diophantine equations (11D61) Linear forms in logarithms; Baker's method (11J86)

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