Soydan–Németh–Szalay conjecture on weighted power sums of Fibonacci numbers

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Let FnF_n denote the nnth Fibonacci number, and let p,q,kp,q,k be positive integers. Consider the Diophantine equation

F1p+2F2p+⋯+kFkp=Fnq.F_1^p+2F_2^p+\cdots+kF_k^p=F_n^q.

The trivial solutions are F1p=1=F1q=F2qF_1^p=1=F_1^q=F_2^q and F1p+2F2p=3=F4F_1^p+2F_2^p=3=F_4.

Soydan–Németh–Szalay conjecture. Apart from these trivial solutions, the only solutions are

F42=9=F1+2F2+3F3,F_4^2=9=F_1+2F_2+3F_3, F8=21=F1+2F2+3F3+4F4,F_8=21=F_1+2F_2+3F_3+4F_4,

and

F43=27=F13+2F23+3F33.F_4^3=27=F_1^3+2F_2^3+3F_3^3.

This conjecture is based on the cases solved in the paper and a computer search with p,q,k≤100p,q,k\leq100; the supplied text gives no resolution beyond that evidence.

References

Primary source

Gökhan Soydan, László Németh and László Szalay, “On the Diophantine equation _j=1^kjF_j^p=F_n^q”, arXiv:1705.06066 (2017).

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