Infinitude conjecture for cubic sums and fifth powers

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Let a,b,x,ya,b,x,y be positive integers, and let each occurrence of the sign 77 be chosen consistently. A solution is nontrivial in the sense intended by the Diophantine equation under consideration.

Infinitude conjecture. For each choice of the signs, the equation

x3±y3=a5+b5x^3\pm y^3=a^5+b^5

has infinitely many nontrivial solutions in positive integers.

This conjecture is motivated by the authors' numerical search; the surrounding results establish analogous infinitude statements for some other exponents, but do not resolve the exponent 55 case.

References

Primary source

Maciej Ulas, “On primitive integer solutions of the Diophantine equation x^3y^3=a^kb^k”, arXiv:2402.06567 (2025).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2013–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2010.15038, arXiv:1307.5912.

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