Conjecture on the number of solutions to ax+by=cza^x+b^y=c^z

Let aa, bb, and cc be integers greater than one with gcd(a,b)=1\gcd(a,b)=1, and consider solutions in positive integers (x,y,z)(x,y,z) to

ax+by=cz.a^x+b^y=c^z.

One-solution conjecture. There is at most one solution (x,y,z)(x,y,z), except when (a,b,c)(a,b,c) or (b,a,c)(b,a,c) is one of (5,2,3)(5,2,3), (7,2,3)(7,2,3), (3,2,11)(3,2,11), (3,2,35)(3,2,35), (3,2,259)(3,2,259), (3,4,259)(3,4,259), (3,16,259)(3,16,259), (5,2,133)(5,2,133), (3,10,13)(3,10,13), (89,2,91)(89,2,91), (91,2,8283)(91,2,8283), (3,5,2)(3,5,2), (3,13,2)(3,13,2), (3,13,4)(3,13,4), (3,13,16)(3,13,16), (3,13,2200)(3,13,2200), or (2n1,2,2n+1)(2^n-1,2,2^n+1) for a positive integer n2n\geq 2. The conjecture proposes a complete list of triples for which more than one positive-integer solution can occur. The stated result is presented as a conjecture in the paper, and no resolution is supplied in the given context.

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Primary source

Reese Scott and Robert Styer, “Number of solutions to a^x + b^y = c^z, A Shorter Version”, arXiv:2206.14067 (2023).

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