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Will Jagy
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The first few cases where $ z = \frac{x^{23} - y^{23}}{x-y} $ turned out to be prime. I wrote some software to solve $z = u^2 + 23 v^2$ in a reasonable time.

x: 2 y: -1 z: 2796203  z prime ? 2   
990^2 + 23 * 281^2 =  2796203 

x: 3 y: -1 z: 23535794707  z prime ? 2  
 118750^2 + 23 * 20253^2  = 23535794707

x: 5 y: 3 z: 5960417405949649  z prime ? 1   ?
  38872207^2 + 23 * 13908660^2   = 5960417405949649

x: 6 y: 5 z: 777809294098524691  z prime ? 1 ? 
   827130254^2  + 23 * 63815235^2   = 777809294098524691

x: 7 y: -1 z: 3421093417510114543  z prime ? 1?
   1755643660^2 + 23 *  121370571^2   = 3421093417510114543

x: 7 y: -2 z: 3040971926676589439  z prime ? 1? 
 1438562808^2  + 23 *  205522555^2   = 3040971926676589439

x: 10 y: 1 z: 11111111111111111111111  z prime ? 1    ?
 102063239244^2 + 23 * 5493895055^2   = 11111111111111111111111  
Will Jagy
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