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[#P12797] Bounded prime-factor complexity in exponential ternary equations

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Problem. Let \(\Omega(n)\) denote the total number of prime divisors of \(n\), counted with multiplicity. Determine whether there exists an absolute constant \(C>0\) such that every positive integer solution \((a,b,c,x,y,z)\) of \(a^x+b^y=c^z\), with \(x,y,z>2\), satisfying \(\Omega(abc)/(x+y+z)\le C\), necessarily satisfies \(\gcd(a,b,c)=\min(a,b,c)\).

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“Bounded prime-factor complexity in exponential ternary equations.” TheoremDB. P12797. Problem statement; statement identity tdbc1:46a6b5c5eaf6d83b353ac71b7096085a3bd0fb29bd492aa26f0ae8c683c52ecd; statement text SHA-256 f848ddf6fd41a37ae738dea320ba97b8575c0c16456aa0b41b2ea867aae621c9. https://theoremdb.org/statement/?ref=P12797
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@misc{theoremdb-problem-f848ddf6fd41a37ae738dea320ba97b8575c0c16456aa0b41b2ea867aae621c9,
  title = {{Bounded prime-factor complexity in exponential ternary equations}},
  howpublished = {TheoremDB},
  note = {Problem statement; statement identity tdbc1:46a6b5c5eaf6d83b353ac71b7096085a3bd0fb29bd492aa26f0ae8c683c52ecd; statement text SHA-256 f848ddf6fd41a37ae738dea320ba97b8575c0c16456aa0b41b2ea867aae621c9},
  url = {https://theoremdb.org/statement/?ref=P12797}
}

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