Eva G. Goedhart, Helen G. Grundman
Published 2013-04-23, updated 2014-04-17Version 2
We prove that the Diophantine equation N X^2 + 2^L 3^M = Y^N has no solutions (N,X,Y,L,M) in positive integers with N > 1 and gcd(NX,Y) = 1, generalizing results of Luca, Wang and Wang, and Luca and Soydan. Our proofs use results of Bilu, Hanrot, and Voutier on defective Lehmer pairs.
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Journal: Journal of Number Theory 141 (2014), pp. 214-224
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