The only solution in natural numbers greater than one of the equation x to the p minus y to the q equals one is 3 squared minus 2 cubed equals one. Proved by Preda Mihailescu in 2002, it resolved Catalan's conjecture, which had stood open since 1844.
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StatementThe only solution in natural numbers greater than one of x^p minus y^q equals one is 3 squared minus 2 cubed equals one; that is, 8 and 9 are the only two consecutive perfect powers. 1 Classification
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Catalan's conjecture (or Mihăilescu's theorem) is a theorem in number theory that was conjectured by the mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan in 1842 and proven in 2002 by Preda Mihăilescu at Paderborn University.
Proved By: Preda Mihăilescu, Lead
Catalan's conjecture (or Mihăilescu's theorem) is a theorem in number theory that was conjectured by the mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan in 1842 and proven in 2002 by Preda Mihăilescu at Paderborn University.
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