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2006-01-01

The Diophantine equation x^2 + 2 = y^n : a brief overview

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Diophantine equations, . Baker’s method, 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification, Primary: 11D61 (en)

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  • Girls College Of Education, Saudi Arabia
  • Université Louis Pasteur, France

Abstract. We give a survey on recent results on the Diophantine equation x2 + c = yn.

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