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Representation of a number as a product of $\sqrt{n^2 + 1} + n$

Question. Do there exist two multisets $A, B$ consisting of positive integer numbers such that $|A|$ and $|B|$ have different parity and $$ \prod_{n\in A}(n + \sqrt{n^2 + 1}) = \prod_{m\in B}(m + \...
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On the diophantine equation $x^{m-1}(x+1)=y^{n-1}(y+1)$ with $x>y$, over integers greater or equal than two

I've asked two years ago a post on Mathematics Stack Exchange, were provided two excellent answers. I'm asking on MathOverflow in the hope that some professor can to expand/improve (if it is possible) ...
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A diophantine equation inspired in a conjecture due to Gica and Luca, example of a large Mersenne exponent

In this post I consider the equation $$k\cdot x=y^2+z^2(x^2-2)-2\tag{1}$$ over odd integers $y\geq 1$ and $z\geq 1$, and over integers $k\geq 1$ and very large Mersenne exponents $x$ such that $x^2-2$ ...
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A diophantine equation involving partial sums of exponentials similar than the equation in Fermat's Last Theorem

I'm curious about the following diophantine equation from my invention: I don't know if this is in the literature, I wrote it using creativity in an attempt to write a variant of the equation in ...
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Catalan numbers, Pochhammer symbols, Stirling numbers of the second kind, and sums of aliquot parts

For integers $N\geq 1$ we define $$s(N)=\sigma(N)-N$$ the aliquot sum function, where $\sigma(N)=\sum_{1\leq d|N}d$ is the sum of divisors function. Here $(x)_n$ is the Pochhammer symbol and ${a\...
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Restricted divisor summatory function

I have a problem that boils down to prove that the succession $\{a_n\}$ tends to infinity, where $$a_n:=1+\sum_{0\leq j<n}D_{2j+1}(n-j)$$ and $D_{m}(n)$ is the number of divisors $d>1$ of $n$ ...
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Does the equation $\sigma(\sigma(x^2))=2x\sigma(x)$ have any odd solutions?

This question was posted in MSE in early August 2020. It did garner several upvotes, but did not receive any responses. I have therefore cross-posted it here, hoping that it gets answered. Let $\...
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Near Pochhammer symbols: the equation $(n)_m-(k)_l=2$ for integers greater than or equal to two

In this post I consider the following equation involving Pochhammer symbols, $$(n)_m-(k)_l=2\tag{1}$$ for positive integers $n\geq 2$ and $k\geq 2$, and positive integers $m\geq 2$ and $l\geq 2$. ...
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On the equation involving Stirling numbers of the second kind ${n\brace a}{m\brace b}={k\brace c}$, and its solutions satisfying certain requirements

In this post we denote the Stirling numbers of the second kind as ${r\brace s}$ and we consider the proposal to ask if the equation of the title has infinitely many solutions $${n\brace a}{m\brace b}={...
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On the number of solutions of the equation involving Pochhammer symbols $(n)_a\cdot(n)_b=(n)_c$, for integers greater than or equal to $2$

As paticular case of the equation involving Pochhammer symbols $$(n)_a\cdot(m)_b=(k)_c,$$ where the variables are positive integers, I've consider the case $n=m=k$ of previous equation, that is $$(n)...
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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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Diophantine equations that involve cubes and the volume of square frustums

This week I wondered about diophantine problems that involve the volume of certain cubes and frustums, see the Wikipedia Frustum. I wondered if each one of these problems have infinitely many ...
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On a variant of Brocard's problem using the definition of Pochhammer symbols

I've considered the following variant of Brocard's problem $$\frac{(2n-1)!}{(n-1)!}+1=m^2\tag{1}$$ for integers $n\geq 1$ and integers $m\geq 1$. I was inspired from the fact that the evaluation of ...
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Equations involving arithmetic functions of primorials

Let $\sigma(n)=\sum_{1\leq d\mid n}d$ the sum of divisors, $\varphi(n)$ the Euler's totient function and we denote the primorial $\prod_{k=1}^n p_k$ as $N_n$, where $p_k$ denotes the $k$-th prime ...