Uniqueness conjecture for a Stirling-number Diophantine equation

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For integers nn and mm, consider the Diophantine equation

(n4)+10(n5)+15(n6)=(m2).\binom{n}{4}+10\binom{n}{5}+15\binom{n}{6}=\binom{m}{2}.

The displayed Stirling-number identity shows that this equation arises from equating {nn−3}\genfrac\{\}{0pt}{}{n}{n-3} and {mm−1}\genfrac\{\}{0pt}{}{m}{m-1}. Uniqueness conjecture. The unique solution with n≥6n\geq 6 is

(n,m)=(14,364).(n,m)=(14,364).

The authors found this as the unique solution in the computational range 6≤n≤4.6⋅1076\leq n\leq 4.6\cdot 10^7, while uniqueness for all n≥6n\geq6 remains open.

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András Bazsó, István Mező, {Á}kos Pintér and Szabolcs Tengely, “Singmaster-type results for Stirling numbers and some related diophantine equations”, arXiv:2311.06080 (2023).

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