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arxiv: 1709.00400 · v1 · pith:DQA3BF2Tnew · submitted 2017-09-01 · 🧮 math.NT

On the Diophantine equation (x+1)^(k)+(x+2)^(k)+...+(2x)^(k)=y^n

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In this work, we give upper bounds for $n$ on the title equation. Our results depend on assertions describing the precise exponents of $2$ and $3$ appearing in the prime factorization of $T_{k}(x)=(x+1)^{k}+(x+2)^{k}+...+(2x)^{k}$. Further, on combining Baker's method with the explicit solution of polynomial exponential congruences (see e.g. BHMP), we show that for $2 \leq x \leq 13, k \geq 1, y \geq 2$ and $n \geq 3$ the title equation has no solutions.

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