The weak form of Szpiro's conjecture

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For a non-zero integer aa, let N(a)N(a) be its algebraic radical:

N(a)=∏p∣ap.N(a)=\prod_{p\mid a}p.

Weak form of Szpiro's conjecture. There exists a constant s>0s>0 such that, for mutually coprime integers AA, BB, and CC satisfying A+B=CA+B=C,

∣ABC∣<N(ABC)s.|ABC|<N(ABC)^s.

This conjecture is used to prove finiteness results for Diophantine equations involving products of divisible sequences, generalizing a result concerning n!+A=x2n!+A=x^2. Its status is unresolved.

References

Primary source

Saša Novaković, “The Diophantine equation P(x)=ri=1H_n_i”, arXiv:2601.16757 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2023–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2308.11002.

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