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The Seventh Power (Posted on 2013-07-08)

If m is a positive integer, can m(m+1) be the 7th power of an integer?

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No way.

Any factorization like x^7= (a*x^t ) * (b*X^(7-t)) cannot correspond to factorization into two numbers differing by 1.

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2013-07-08 10:08:46

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