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Main Author: Santicola, Katerina
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Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.05145
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contents Let $\mathscr{P}_\mathbb{Q}=\{ α^n \; : \; α\in \mathbb{Q}, \; n \ge 2\}$ be the set of rational perfect powers, and let $S \subseteq \mathscr{P}_\mathbb{Q}$ be a finite subset. We prove the existence of a polynomial $f_S \in \mathbb{Z}[X]$ such that $f(\mathbb{Q}) \cap \mathscr{P}_\mathbb{Q}=S$. This generalizes a recent theorem of Gajović who recently proved a similar theorem for finite subsets of integer perfect powers. Our approach makes use of the resolution of the generalized Fermat equation of signature $(2,4,n)$ due to Ellenberg and others, as well as the finiteness of perfect powers in non-degenerate binary recurrence sequences, proved by Pethő and by Shorey and Stewart.
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spellingShingle Reverse Engineered Diophantine Equations over $\mathbb{Q}$
Santicola, Katerina
Number Theory
Let $\mathscr{P}_\mathbb{Q}=\{ α^n \; : \; α\in \mathbb{Q}, \; n \ge 2\}$ be the set of rational perfect powers, and let $S \subseteq \mathscr{P}_\mathbb{Q}$ be a finite subset. We prove the existence of a polynomial $f_S \in \mathbb{Z}[X]$ such that $f(\mathbb{Q}) \cap \mathscr{P}_\mathbb{Q}=S$. This generalizes a recent theorem of Gajović who recently proved a similar theorem for finite subsets of integer perfect powers. Our approach makes use of the resolution of the generalized Fermat equation of signature $(2,4,n)$ due to Ellenberg and others, as well as the finiteness of perfect powers in non-degenerate binary recurrence sequences, proved by Pethő and by Shorey and Stewart.
title Reverse Engineered Diophantine Equations over $\mathbb{Q}$
topic Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.05145