On the exponential Diophantine equation related to powers of two consecutive terms of Lucas sequences
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- 23 July 2020
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- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in The Ramanujan Journal
- Vol. 56 (2) , 651-684
Abstract
Let $$r\ge 1$$ be an integer and $$\mathbf{U}:=(U_{n})_{n\ge 0} $$ be the Lucas sequence given by $$U_0=0$$ , $$U_1=1, $$ and $$U_{n+2}=rU_{n+1}+U_n$$ , for all $$ n\ge 0 $$ . In this paper, we show that there are no positive integers $$r\ge 3,~x\ne 2,~n\ge 1$$ such that $$U_n^x+U_{n+1}^x$$ is a member of $$\mathbf{U}$$ .
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- Austrian Science Fund (F5510-N26, W1230)
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (RTNUM19, CoEMaSS)
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