On a cubic family of Thue equations involving Fibonacci numbers and powers of two

  • Ingrid Vukusic
Keywords: Thue equations, Thomas' conjecture, recurrence sequences.

Abstract

In this paper we completely solve the family of parametrised Thue equations
X(X - FnY )(X - 2nY ) - Y3 = ± 1,
where Fn is the n-th Fibonacci number. In particular, for any integer n  3 the
Thue equation has only the trivial solutions (±1, 0), (0, ∓1), ∓(Fn,1), ∓(2n,1).

 

Published
2023-03-07
Section
Articles

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eISSN: 1727-933X
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