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A note on the Diophantine equation ๐‘ฅ^{2๐‘}-๐ท๐‘ฆยฒ=1

A note on the Diophantine equation ๐‘ฅ^{2๐‘}-๐ท๐‘ฆยฒ=1

Let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper D"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">D</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> be a positive integer which is square free, and let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="p"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">p</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> be a prime. In this note we prove that if <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" โ€ฆ