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Can a prime have arbitary many representations as a sum of two perfect powers?

Let $p$ be a prime number and $f(p)$ be the number of representations $$p=a+b$$ with perfect powers $0<a< b$ For example, $13$ has the only representation $$4+9=13$$ hence $f(13)=1$ $$41=9+32=...
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Is $2^9$ the only power of two that is the sum of two odd perfect powers?

Let $m\ge 1$ be an integer. For which $m$ can we find odd perfect powers $a,b$ with $a+b=2^m$ ? The only solution, I found for $m\le 80$ is $m=9$ with the representation $$2^9=13^2+7^3$$ The ...
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Is $1105$ the only Poulet-number of the form $2^a+3^b$?

Conjecture : $1105$ is the only Poulet-number that can be written in the form $2^a+3^b$ with positive integers $a,b$ A Poulet-number is a composite number $N$ satisfying the congruence $2^{N-1}\equiv ...
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Sum of like powers equal to a power

It's not hard to prove that $$(1+2+3+\ldots+n)^2=1^3+2^3+\ldots+n^3$$ ( for example using induction ) A generalization of this is also known : $$(\sum_{d \mid n} \tau(d))^2=\sum_{d \mid n} \tau(d)^3$...
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Are there infinite many pairs of primes $(p/q)$ such that $p^3+q^3$ is a perfect square?

The pairs of primes $(p,q)$ with $p\le q\le 10^5$ such that $p^3+q^3$ is a perfect square , are (the last entry is the maximum possible exponent of the perfect power $p^3+q^3$ which is only different ...
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Are there forced factors of numbers of this kind?

Let $$f(n):=n^{n^2}+(n+1)^{(n+1)^2}$$ for a positive integer $n$. For clarification $n^{n^2}$ means $n^{(n^2)}$ , analogue for the other summand. Can we find a concrete factor of $\ f(n)\ $ (like ...
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Which cycles are possible by repeated summation of the cubes of the digits of a number?

Here : Digital root with squared digits the possible cycles of repeated summation of the squares of the digits of a number are mentioned. What about cubes ? $1$ , $153$ , $370$ , $371$ and $407$ ...
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Sum of perfect powers of n natural numbers

The perfect power of an integer $n = p_1^{\alpha_1}p_2^{\alpha_2}\cdots p_r^{\alpha_r}$ are $p_1^2, p_1^3\cdots p_1^{\alpha_1},p_2^2, p_2^3 \cdots p_2^{\alpha_2},(p_1 p_2)^2, (p_2 p_3)^2\cdots$ ...
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