Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Author(s): Florian Luca
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 131 (2003), 1339-1345.
MSC (2000): Primary 11D61, 11D72
Posted: December 6, 2002
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Abstract: In this note, we find all positive integer solutions

of the diophantine equation from the title with

a prime power.

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Florian Luca
Affiliation: Instituto de Matemáticas UNAM, Ap. Postal 61-3 (Xangari), CP 58 089, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Email: fluca@matmor.unam.mx

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06921-6
PII: S 0002-9939(02)06921-6
Received by editor(s): September 28, 2001
Posted: December 6, 2002
Communicated by: David E. Rohrlich
Copyright of article: Copyright 2002, American Mathematical Society

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