The four-solution conjecture for a parametrized exponential Diophantine equation

Let mm be a positive integer. Consider the Diophantine equation

x2+(2m+1+1)2n=24(m+1)+23(m+1)+22m+2m+1+1.x^2+(2^{m+1}+1)2^n=2^{4(m+1)}+2^{3(m+1)}+2^{2m}+2^{m+1}+1.

The four-solution conjecture. This equation has exactly four solutions in integers (x,n)(x,n), with

n=0,m+2,2m+3,3m+3.n=0,\quad m+2,\quad 2m+3,\quad 3m+3.

The conjecture concerns the case x2=A2n+Bx^2=A2^n+B with A<0A<0 and is motivated by numerical and structural experiments; no resolution is given in the supplied text.

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Primary source

Maciej Ulas, “Some experiments with Ramanujan-Nagell type Diophantine equations”, arXiv:1409.8132 (2014).

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