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Generalized Fermat equation: A survey of solved cases

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posted on 2025-06-11, 10:39 authored by Ashleigh Ratcliffe, Bogdan GrechukBogdan Grechuk
Generalized Fermat equation (GFE) is the equation of the form axp+byq=czr, where a,b,c,p,q,r are positive integers. If 1/p+1/q+1/r<1, GFE is known to have at most finitely many primitive integer solutions (x,y,z). A large body of the literature is devoted to finding such solutions explicitly for various six-tuples (a,b,c,p,q,r), as well as for infinite families of such six-tuples. This paper surveys the families of parameters for which GFE has been solved. Although the proofs are not discussed here, collecting these references in one place will make it easier for the readers to find the relevant proof techniques in the original papers. Also, this survey will help the readers to avoid duplicate work by solving the already solved cases.

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Author affiliation

College of Science & Engineering Comp' & Math' Sciences

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

Published in

Expositiones Mathematicae

Volume

43

Issue

4

Pagination

125688 - 125688

Publisher

Elsevier BV

issn

0723-0869

eissn

1878-0792

Copyright date

2025

Available date

2025-06-11

Language

en

Deposited by

Dr Bogdan Grechuk

Deposit date

2025-05-16

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