## On a Diophantine equation involving powers of Fibonacci numbers.(English)Zbl 1478.11017

Let $$(F_n)_{n\ge 0}$$ denotes the sequence of Fibonacci numbers, given by the initial values $$F_0=0$$, $$F_1=1$$, and by the recurrence relation $F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_n.$ G. Soydan et al. [Arch. Math., Brno 54, No. 3, 177–188 (2018; Zbl 1463.11047)] investigate the Diophantine equation $F_1^p+2F_2^p+\cdots+kF_{k}^p=F_{n}^q \tag{1}$ in the positive integers $$k$$ and $$n$$, where $$p$$ and $$q$$ are fixed positive integers. They consider $F_1^p=1=F_1^q=F_2^q,\text{ and }F_1^p+2F_2^p=3=F_4$ as trivial solutions to (1). They solve completely the equation (1) where $$p,q\in\{1,2\}$$ and they have the following conjecture based upon the specific cases they could solve, and a computer search with $$p,q,k\le100$$.
Conjecture 1. The non-trivial solutions to (1) are only \begin{align*} F_4^2&=\,\,9\,=F_1+2F_2+3F_3, \\ F_8&=21=F_1+2F_2+3F_3+4F_4, \\ F_4^3&=27=F_1^3+2F_2^3+3F_3^3. \end{align*}
In this paper, the authors first state some new lemmas about Fibonacci-Lucas numbers. Then skilfully combining them with the known results on Fibonacci numbers, and using primitive divisor theorem [Yu. Bilu et al., J. Reine Angew. Math. 539, 75–122 (2001; Zbl 0995.11010)] they prove that Conjecture 1 is true where $$\max\{p,q\}\le 10$$. Furthermore, they use MAGMA [W. Bosma et al., J. Symb. Comput. 24, No. 3–4, 235–265 (1997; Zbl 0898.68039)] for finding all integer solutions on some elliptic curves.

### MSC:

 11B39 Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations 11D45 Counting solutions of Diophantine equations

### Keywords:

Fibonacci number; diophantine equation; weighted sum

### Citations:

Zbl 1463.11047; Zbl 0995.11010; Zbl 0898.68039
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