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As close as possible (Posted on 2021-02-11)

Let N=36^p-5^q

a. What values of positive integers p & q trigger the lowest positive N?
b. What if the 2 words"positive " of a. were erased?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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part b (spoiler)

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Part b has no solution. N can be made arbitrarily large and negative by choosing p = 0 and q arbitrarily large.

Posted by Steve Herman on 2021-02-11 08:04:21

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