A simple proof of the Markoff conjecture for prime powers
arXiv:math/0508443 · doi:10.1007/s10711-007-9189-x
Abstract
We give a simple and independent proof of the result of Jack Button and Paul Schmutz that the Markoff conjecture on the uniqueness of the Markoff triples (a,b,c), where a, b, and c are in increasing order, holds whenever is a prime power.
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