Perfect Powers with Few Binary Digits and Related Diophantine Problems
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We prove that, for any fixed base x ≥ 2 and sufficiently large prime q, no perfect q-th powers can be written with 3 or 4 digits 1 in base x. This is a particular instance of rather more general results, whose proofs follow from a combination of refined lower bounds for linear forms in Archimedean and non-Archimedean logarithms.
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Perfect Powers with Few Binary Digits and Related Diophantine Problems, Ii Perfect Powers with Few Binary Digits and Related Diophantine Problems, Ii
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