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$x^4+y^4$ powerful for relatively prime $x,y$

I asked this question on the NMBRTHRY mailing list on 17 February 2014, but it remains unsolved as far as I know. Recall that a "powerful number" is a positive integer whose prime ...
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Is every powerful number the sum of a powerful number and a prime?

A positive integer $n$ is called powerful (OEIS: A001694) if $p^2$ divides $n$ whenever $p$ is a prime that divides $n$. Equivalently, $n$ is powerful if $n = a^2b^3$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive ...
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Integer solutions of $ z^3 y^2 = x(x-1)(x+1)$

According to a conjecture there are no three consecutive powerful numbers. Necessary condition for this is integer solution of $$ z^3 y^2 = x(x-1)(x+1) \qquad (1) $$ What are integer solutions of ...
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Counting factors: is this approach in the literature on multiperfect numbers?

Does the following approach (or something near it) exist in the number theory literature? I will provide some motivation for $\omega(p^n - 1)$ as $n \rightarrow \infty$ and for this question. First, ...
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