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Prime power pair (Posted on 2023-10-08) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Solve the equation in prime numbers

p3-q5=(p+q)2

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Some Thoughts I found ... (completeness not proven) | Comment 1 of 2
(p,q) = (7,3) and (0,-1) are the only solutions I found.

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for q in range(-1000,1000):
    if q == 0:
        continue
    q5 = q**5
    sign = q5 / abs(q5)
    minp = sign * (abs(q5)**(1/3))
    if minp**3 - q**5 < 0:
        minp = int(minp)
    else:
        minp = int(minp) + 1
    for p in range(minp,minp+1000):
        if p**3-q**5 == (p+q)**2:
            print(p,q)

  Posted by Larry on 2023-10-08 09:20:35
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