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Jul 9 at 6:50 comment added J. W. Tanner For $a=1$, take $x\equiv\pm1$; for $a=2, $ take $x\equiv2^{(t+1)/2}$ for $t$ odd and no solutions for $t $ even; for $a=3$, no solutions for $t>2$; for $a=4$, take $n=\pm2$; for $a=5 $ or $6$, no solutions for $t>1$
Jul 9 at 6:30 answer added Mark Schultz-Wu timeline score: 6
Jul 9 at 5:57 comment added Turbo There may be another method for special numbers.
Jul 9 at 5:37 comment added Turbo That is why I said factorization of $2^t-1$ is not given to us.
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