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Moser's mathemagical work on the equation 1^k+2^k+...+(m-1)^k=m^k (1011.2940v2)
Published 12 Nov 2010 in math.NT
Abstract: If the equation of the title has an integer solution with k>=2, then m>10{106}. Leo Moser showed this in 1953 by amazingly elementary methods. With the hindsight of more than 50 years his proof can be somewhat simplified. We give a further proof showing that Moser's result can be derived from a von Staudt-Clausen type theorem. Based on more recent developments concerning this equation, we derive a new result using the divisibility properties of numbers in the sequence 2{2e+1}+1, e=0,1,2,..... In the final section we show that certain Erdos-Moser type equations arising in a paper of Kellner can be solved completely.