The abc conjecture of Oesterlé and Masser

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Let xx, yy, and zz be positive integers, and let G=G(x,y,z)G=G(x,y,z) denote the greatest square-free factor of xyzxyz:

G=∏p∣xyzp.G=\prod_{p\mid xyz}p.

The abc conjecture. For each positive real number ε\varepsilon there is a positive number c(ε)c(\varepsilon), which depends on ε\varepsilon only, such that for all pairwise coprime positive integers xx, yy, and zz satisfying

x+y=z,x+y=z,

one has

z<c(ε)G1+ε.z<c(\varepsilon)G^{1+\varepsilon}.

This is a central conjecture concerning the relationship between additive relations and prime factors; its status is not established in the supplied source context.

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  1. The abc-conjecture of Oesterlé and Masser

    For any given ε>0\varepsilon>0, let a,b,ca,b,c be coprime positive integers satisfying a+b=ca+b=c, and let R(N)R(N) denote the product of the distinct prime divisors of NN. Oesterlé–Masser abc-conjecture. One has

    c≪εR(abc)1+ε.c\ll_{\varepsilon}R(abc)^{1+\varepsilon}.

    This conjecture is used in the paper to study the Erdős–Woods conjecture and related Diophantine questions; the source subsequently assumes an explicit form of the conjecture.

    source: Tarlok N. Shorey and Rob Tijdeman, “Arithmetic properties of blocks of consecutive integers”, arXiv:1612.05438 (2016).

  2. The abc conjecture of Oesterlé and Masser

    Let aa, bb, and cc be relatively prime integers satisfying a+b=ca+b=c, and define the radical of a positive integer nn by

    rad⁡(n)=∏p∣np.\operatorname{rad}(n)=\prod_{p\mid n}p.

    The abc conjecture. For every ϵ>0\epsilon>0, only finitely many triples (a,b,c)(a,b,c) fail to satisfy

    c<rad⁡(abc)1+ϵ.c<\operatorname{rad}(abc)^{1+\epsilon}.

    The paper applies this conjecture with ϵ=1/6\epsilon=1/6 to prove conditional finiteness results for repunit ss-Cullen numbers. The conjecture remains open.

    source: Jon Grantham and Hester Graves, “The abc Conjecture Implies That Only Finitely Many s-Cullen Numbers Are Repunits”, arXiv:2009.04052 (2021).

References

Primary source

C. L. Stewart, “On sequences of integers with small prime factors”, arXiv:2308.02444 (2023).

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