Determine all possible pair(s) (X, Y) of positive integers that satisfy this equation.

                                        X^XX = Y^Y

Note: The order of calculation in X^XX is as given in this article.

We seem not to have reached agreement on this one (other than the obvious 1,1).  What does the author say -- before we lose this thread to the biweekly limit?

Posted by ed bottemiller on 2009-03-27 19:05:13