Conjecture on squares in binary recurrence sequences
Conjecture on squares in binary recurrence sequences
Let , , and be positive integers with nonsquare, let have norm
and let be a unit in with positive integers. Define integers by
for , and let denote the unique squarefree integer such that is a square. Squares-in-one-sequence conjecture. There are at most four distinct integer squares among the . If , where , , and is an odd prime, then there are at most three distinct integer squares among the . Furthermore, if is a perfect square, then there are at most two distinct integer squares among the . These bounds concern the number of square values occurring in the associated non-degenerate binary recurrence sequence; the conjecture is presented as part of the paper's study of quartic Diophantine equations and remains unresolved in the supplied source.
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Primary source
Paul M Voutier, “Bounds on the number of squares in recurrence sequences”, arXiv:2401.01293 (2025).
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