The discriminant conjecture for the field generated by a root of fr,pf_{r,p}

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Let pp be the odd prime and let θ\theta be the algebraic number considered in the preceding discriminant computation, with Q(θ)\mathbb{Q}(\theta) its generated number field. Discriminant conjecture. The exact power of 22 dividing the discriminant of Q(θ)\mathbb{Q}(\theta) is

232(p1).2^{\frac{3}{2}(p-1)}.

The preceding argument gives a discriminant divisible by the stated expression up to a square factor, while computations suggest that the defining polynomial has a larger power of 22; the conjectured field-discriminant valuation is not proved in the supplied text.

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Ethan Katz and Kyle Pratt, “On the Lebesgue-Nagell equation x^2-2 = y^p”, arXiv:2507.12397 (2025).

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