A note on the number an+ bndcn

Nguyen Viet Dung and Luu Ba Thang
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
Print ISSN 1310–5132, Online ISSN 2367–8275
Volume 29, 2023, Number 1, Pages 24–29
DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2023.29.1.24-29
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Nguyen Viet Dung
Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Hanoi National University of Education
36 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

Luu Ba Thang
Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Hanoi National University of Education
36 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

Abstract

We say that a positive integer d is special number of degree n if for every integer m, there exist nonzero integers a,b,c such that m=a^n+b^n-dc^n. In this paper, we investigate some necessary conditions on n for existing a special number of degree n.

Keywords

  • Representation of integers

2020 Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 11E25

References

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Manuscript history

  • Received: 24 May 2022
  • Revised: 28 January 2023
  • Accepted: 6 February 2023
  • Online First: 8 February 2023

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Dung, N. V., & Thang, L. B. (2023). A note on the number an+ bndcn. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 29(1), 24-29, DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2023.29.1.24-29.

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