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arxiv: 1002.0020 · v1 · submitted 2010-01-29 · 🧮 math.NT · math.AG

A refined modular approach to the Diophantine equation x²+y^(2n)=z³

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Let $n$ be a positive integer and consider the Diophantine equation of generalized Fermat type $x^2+y^{2n}=z^3$ in nonzero coprime integer unknowns $x,y,z$. Using methods of modular forms and Galois representations for approaching Diophantine equations, we show that for $n \in \{5, 31\}$ there are no solutions to this equation. Combining this with previously known results, this allows a complete description of all solutions to the Diophantine equation above for $n \leq 10^7$. Finally, we show that there are also no solutions for $n\equiv -1 \pmod{6}$.

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