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ON A CLASS OF GENERALIZED FERMAT EQUATIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2010

ANDRZEJ DĄBROWSKI*
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, University of Szczecin, ul. Wielkopolska 15, 70-451 Szczecin, Poland (email: [email protected])
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Abstract

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We generalize the main result of the paper by Bennett and Mulholland [‘On the diophantine equation xn+yn=2αpz2’, C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Soc. R. Can.28 (2006), 6–11] concerning the solubility of the diophantine equation xn+yn=2αpz2. We also demonstrate, by way of examples, that questions about solubility of a class of diophantine equations of type (3,3,p) or (4,2,p) can be reduced, in certain cases, to studying several equations of the type (p,p,2).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc. 2010

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