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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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Six consecutive positive integers with certain shape

Are there 6 consecutive positive integers, where each of them is a square or the product of a prime and a square ? If they exist, one of those six integers A will be the product of 2 and a square of ...
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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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On $\sum_{k=1}^nk^3 = x^3 + y^3$ with $x,y \ge 1$

My question is related to https://oeis.org/A269839. It is well-known that there are parametric families of solutions for cubes that are sums of consecutive cubes: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.08901.pdf. ...
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A question about integer triples

How can we generate all integer solutions of the equation $$(qr+rp+pq)(x^2+y^2+z^2) = (p^2+q^2+r^2)(yz+zx+xy),$$ given that $p,q,r$ are integers? Clearly if any one of $(x,y,z), (x,z,y), (y,z,x), (...
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Additive combinatorics and a Diophantine equation

Let $(n_k)_{1 \leq k \leq N}$ be a sequence of distinct positive integers. For $v \in \mathbb{Z}$ set $$ A_N(v) = \# \Big\{ (k,\ell) \in \{1, \dots, N\}^2, ~k \neq \ell:\quad n_k - n_\ell = v \Big\}. $...