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On some diophantine problems involving powers and factorials

Part of: Diophantine equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

B. Brindza  and
P. Erdös
P. Erdös
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute Kossuth Lajos University4010 Debrecen Hungary
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Abstract

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In this paper the power values of the sum of factorials and a special diophantine problem related to the Ramanujan-Nagell equation are studied. The proofs are based on deep analytic results and Baker's method.

MSC classification

Secondary: 11D61: Exponential equations
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , August 1991 , pp. 1 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1991

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