AMO-Bench 2025 Problem 2
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Let be a prime number and let and be non-negative integers. Determine all ordered triples for which the expression is a perfect power.
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The solution set is the union of the following five sets: \begin{enumerate} \item \item \item \item \item \end{enumerate} Here, denotes the set of positive integers, and denotes the set of non-negative integers. Prime numbers of the form are also known as ``Mersenne primes''. (Note: For the cases where , the sole requirement is that be a prime number; no further conditions are imposed on the exponent .)
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