Consider the sequence , . Find all integers such that is a power of .
Solution
We have
We prove that for , we have . This inequality is equivalent to
The right inequality is obvious. The left inequality is equivalent to
that is
or
and we are done.
For , we have .
For , we have .
For , we have .
The solutions are .
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