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Pillai's conjecture

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Pillai's conjecture: for any A , B , C {\displaystyle A,B,C} {\displaystyle A,B,C}, the equation A x m − B y n = C {\displaystyle Ax^{m}-By^{n}=C} {\displaystyle Ax^{m}-By^{n}=C} has finitely many solutions when m , n {\displaystyle m,n} {\displaystyle m,n} are not both 2 {\displaystyle 2} {\displaystyle 2}.

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Open
Field
Number theory · Diophantine equations
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Source grade
secondary
Reviewed
2026-07-27T18:04:33.834Z

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