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Genus 0 curves on surfaces and the abc conjecture

One of the most obvious methods to prove that a given Diophantine equation $P(x_1, \dots, x_n)=0$ has infinitely many integer solutions is to find polynomials $P_1, \dots, P_n$ in one variable $u$, ...
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Small solutions of $x^2-a^3 y^2=\pm 1$

We are interested in small integer solutions to the Pell equation: $$x^2-a^3 y^2=\pm 1 \qquad (1)$$ Where in $\pm 1$ you can chose either sign. $(x^2,a^3 y^2)$ are consecutive powerful numbers. $abc$ ...
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Simple Diophantine equation

Are there any solutions in positive integers of $x^3 + 1 = (x - k) y^3$? The closest I can get is $19^3 + 1 = 20 \times 7^3$, but $20\gt 19$ so it just misses! For the related $x^3 - 1 = (x - k) y^3$,...
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A conjectural limit involving primorial and factorial

It is well known that the abc conjecture implies that the there are only finitely many solutions to Brocard problem, as shown by Overholt in Overholt, Marius (1993), "The diophantine equation $n! ...
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a b c triples with bounded prime factors

(i) For any fixed $B>0$, are there only finitely many triples $a,b,c$ of coprime positive integers, such that $a+b=c$ and all prime factors of $a,b,c$ are at most $B$? (ii) For which $B$ all such ...
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Is new $n$-conjecture as follows correct?

Given a positive integer $P>1$, let its prime factorization be written as$$P=p_1^{a_1}p_2^{a_2}p_3^{a_3}\cdots p_k^{a_k}.$$ Define the functions $h(P)$ by $h(1)=1$ and $h(P)=\min(a_1, a_2,\ldots,...
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On weaker forms of the abc conjecture from the theory of Hölder and logarithmic means

In this post (the content of this post is now cross-posted from Mathematics Stack Exchange see below) we denote the radical of an integer $n>1$ as the product of disctinct primes dividing it $$\...
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On variants of the abc conjecture in terms of Lehmer means

In this post we denote the Lehmer mean of a tuple $\text{x}$ of positive real numbers as $$L_p(\text{x})={\sum_{k=1}^nx_k^p\over\sum_{k=1}^nx_k^{p-1}},$$ see the reference Wikipedia Lehmer mean. The ...
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How small can $u$ be in the Pell equation $u^2-k^3 v^2=\pm 1$?

Let $k$ be positive integer, not a square and let $u_k,v_k$ be non-trivial solutions to the Pell equation $u_k^2-k^3 v_k^2=\pm 1$. Q1 How small $u_k$ can be infinitely often as function $k$? This ...
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Large radical of an integer and three AB conjectures

In this Note, We propose a new definition called "large radical of an integer". Using this definition, three very useful $AB$ conjecture are given. 1. Large counter examples of the ABC conjecture ...
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Is the conjecture $min(A,B) \le rad(ABC)$ new and correct? [closed]

$\DeclareMathOperator\rad{rad}$Conjecture: If $A, B, C$ are positive integers with $\gcd(A, B)=1$, $\gcd(B, C)=1$, and $\gcd(C, A)=1$, and if $A+B=C$, then $\min(A,B) \le \rad(ABC)$. If the ...
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A generalization of Lander, Parkin, and Selfridge conjecture

My question: Are the conjectures as follows correct? Given a positive integer $P>1$, let its prime factorization be written $$P=p_1^{a_1}p_2^{a_2}p_3^{a_3}...p_k^{a_k}$$. Define the ...
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