In 1842 the Belgian mathematician Eug???ne Charles Catalan asked whether 8 and 9 are the only consecutive pure powers of non-zero integers. 160 years after, the question was answered affirmatively by the Swiss mathematician of Romanian origin Preda Mih ilescu. In other words, 3 2 - 2 3 = 1 is the only solution of the equation x p - y q = 1 in integers x, y, p, q with xy 0 and p, q = 2. In this book we give a complete and (almost) self-contained exposition of Mih ilescu's work, which must be understandable ...
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In 1842 the Belgian mathematician Eug???ne Charles Catalan asked whether 8 and 9 are the only consecutive pure powers of non-zero integers. 160 years after, the question was answered affirmatively by the Swiss mathematician of Romanian origin Preda Mih ilescu. In other words, 3 2 - 2 3 = 1 is the only solution of the equation x p - y q = 1 in integers x, y, p, q with xy 0 and p, q = 2. In this book we give a complete and (almost) self-contained exposition of Mih ilescu's work, which must be understandable by a curious university student, not necessarily specializing in Number Theory. We assume a very modest background: a standard university course of algebra, including basic Galois theory, and working knowledge of basic algebraic number theory.
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