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March 2012 Powers in $\prod\limits_{k=1}^n (ak^{2^l\cdot3^m}+b)$
Zhongfeng Zhang
Funct. Approx. Comment. Math. 46(1): 7-13 (March 2012). DOI: 10.7169/facm/2012.46.1.1

Abstract

Let $f(x)=ax^{2^l\cdot3^m}+b\in \mathbb{Z}[x]$ be a polynomial with $l\geq 1, l+m\geq 2, ab\neq 0$ and such that $f(k)\neq 0$ for any $k\geq 1$. We prove, under $ABC$ conjecture, that the product $\prod_{k=1}^n f(k)$ is not a $2^l\cdot3^m$-th power for $n$ large enough.

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Zhongfeng Zhang. "Powers in $\prod\limits_{k=1}^n (ak^{2^l\cdot3^m}+b)$." Funct. Approx. Comment. Math. 46 (1) 7 - 13, March 2012. https://doi.org/10.7169/facm/2012.46.1.1

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Published: March 2012
First available in Project Euclid: 30 March 2012

zbMATH: 0706.05036
MathSciNet: MR2951725
Digital Object Identifier: 10.7169/facm/2012.46.1.1

Subjects:
Primary: 11D25
Secondary: 11D61

Keywords: ABC conjecture , powers , the greatest prime factor

Rights: Copyright © 2012 Adam Mickiewicz University

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