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    Diophantine equations with Appell sequences

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    Singmaster-type results for Stirling numbers and some related diophantine equations

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    Motivated by the work of David Singmaster, we study the number of times an integer can appear among the Stirling numbers of both kinds. We provide an upper bound for the occurrences of all the positive integers, and present certain questions for further study. Some numerical results and conjectures concerning the related diohantine equations are collected

    On equal values of products and power sums of consecutive elements in an arithmetic progression

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    In this paper we study the Diophantine equation \begin{align*} b^k + \left(a+b\right)^k + &\left(2a+b\right)^k + \ldots + \left(a\left(x-1\right) + b\right)^k = \\ &y\left(y+c\right) \left(y+2c\right) \ldots \left(y+ \left(\ell-1\right)c\right), \end{align*} where a,b,c,k,a,b,c,k,\ell are given integers under natural conditions. We prove some effective results for special values for c,kc,k and \ell and obtain a general ineffective result based on Bilu-Tichy method

    On the coefficients of power sums of arithmetic progressions

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    We investigate the coefficients of the polynomial Sm,rn()=rn+(m+r)n+(2m+r)n++((1)m+r)n. S_{m,r}^n(\ell)=r^n+(m+r)^n+(2m+r)^n+\cdots+((\ell-1)m+r)^n. We prove that these can be given in terms of Stirling numbers of the first kind and rr-Whitney numbers of the second kind. Moreover, we prove a necessary and sufficient condition for the integrity of these coefficients
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