Directory of Catalan Conjecture Resources

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Sites related to the Catalan Conjecture, that 8 and 9 are the only consecutive powers.

Resources in This Category

• Catalan's Problem

  http://primes.utm.edu/glossary/page.php?sort=CatalansProblem
  Entry in the Prime Glossary with description, brief history and references.

• Differences Between Powers

  http://mathpages.com/home/kmath104/kmath104.htm
  Article describes how certain special cases of the Catalan conjecture can be proven by very simple arguments.

• MathWorld News: Draft Proof of Catalan's Conjecture Circulated

  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2002-05-05/catalan/
  News brief announcing the break through that provides a history and description of the equation.

• MathWorld: Catalan's Conjecture

  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CatalansConjecture.html
  Features an explanation of the equation and offers bibliographic references.

• Wikipedia: Catalan's Conjecture

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan's_conjecture
  Brief article offers a description of the problem and features links.

 

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