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Also known as Oesterlé–Masser conjecture, Oesterlé-Masser conjecture, Oesterlé Masser conjecture

number theory conjecture

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Number theory
Conjectured by
Joseph Oesterlé David Masser
Equivalent to
Modified Szpiro conjecture
Consequences
Beal conjecture Erdős–Ulam problem Faltings' theorem Fermat's Last Theorem Fermat–Catalan conjecture Roth's theorem Tijdeman's theorem

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time of discovery or invention
1985-00-00
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Mathematician Joseph Oesterlé Mathematician David Masser The abc conjecture (also known as the Oesterlé–Masser conjecture) is a conjecture in number theory that arose out of a discussion of Joseph Oesterlé and David Masser in 1985. It is stated in terms of three positive integers

a , b

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