We explicitly solve the polynomial-exponential Diophantine equationy−1 for various small fixed choices of the parameters (x, y, m, n), generalizing the classical work of Makowski and Schinzel. Rather than elementary arguments, our proofs utilize a wide range of techniques from the theory of Diophantine approximation, together with extensive computer computations.
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