Rational solutions to the variants of Erdos-Selfridge superelliptic curves
Article Type
Research Article
Publication Title
International Journal of Number Theory
Abstract
For the superelliptic curves of the form (x + 1)⋯(x + i - 1)(x + i + 1)⋯(x + k) = yâ.,"with x,y â., , y≠0, k ≥ 3, 1 ≤ i ≤ k, â.,"≥ 2, a prime, Das, Laishram, Saradha and Edis showed that the superelliptic curve has no rational points for â.,"≥ e3k. In fact, the double exponential bound, obtained in these papers is far from the reality. In this paper, we study the superelliptic curves for small values of k. In particular, we explicitly solve the above equation for 4 ≤ k ≤ 8.
First Page
1707
Last Page
1744
DOI
https://10.1142/S1793042123500835
Publication Date
8-1-2023
Recommended Citation
Das, Pranabesh; Laishram, Shanta; Saradha, N.; and Sharma, Divyum, "Rational solutions to the variants of Erdos-Selfridge superelliptic curves" (2023). Journal Articles. 3627.
https://digitalcommons.isical.ac.in/journal-articles/3627