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    A note on a conjecture of Jeśmanowicz

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    Let a, b, c be relatively prime positive integers such that a2+b2=c2a^2+b^2=c^2. Jeśmanowicz conjectured in 1956 that for any given positive integer n the only solution of (an)x+(bn)y=(cn)z(an)^x+(bn)^y=(cn)^z in positive integers is x=y=z=2. If n=1, then, equivalently, the equation (u2v2)x+(2uv)y=(u2+v2)z(u^2-v^2)^x+(2uv)^y=(u^2+v^2)^z, for integers u>v>0, has only the solution x=y=z=2. We prove that this is the case when one of u, v has no prime factor of the form 4l+1 and certain congruence and inequality conditions on u, v are satisfied
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