Abc conjecture

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Statement

For every ϵ>0, there exists a constant Cϵ such that for any three relatively prime integers a,b,c such that:

a+b=c,

we have the inequality:

max(|a|,|b|,|c|)Cϵp|abcp1+ϵ.

Related facts

Analogous facts over other rings

  • Mason-Stothers theorem states that the analogous statement holds over polynomial rings over fields with absolute value replaced by degree -- in fact, we do not even need the ϵ.

Weaker facts and conjectures