\documentclass[11pt,reqno]{amsart} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage[final,tracking=smallcaps,protrusion=true,expansion=true]{microtype} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm} \usepackage{mathtools} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{needspace} \makeatletter \def\subsection{\@startsection{subsection}{2}\z@{.5\linespacing\@plus.7\linespacing}{-.5em}{\normalfont\bfseries\boldmath}} \def\@captionheadfont{\scshape\microtypesetup{tracking=false}} \def\LT@makecaption#1#2#3{\LT@mcol\LT@cols c{\hbox to\z@{\hss\parbox[t]\columnwidth{\@makecaption{#2}{#3}}\hss}}} \makeatother \usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem} \setlist{itemsep=2pt,topsep=4pt,parsep=0pt,partopsep=0pt} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage[letterpaper,textwidth=6in,textheight=8.6in,heightrounded,marginratio=1:1,vmarginratio=1:1]{geometry} \widowpenalty=10000 \clubpenalty=10000 \raggedbottom \setlength{\emergencystretch}{1.5em} \definecolor{linkblue}{RGB}{28,72,140} \usepackage[unicode,colorlinks=true,linkcolor=linkblue,citecolor=linkblue,urlcolor=linkblue]{hyperref} \def\UrlBigBreaks{}\def\UrlBreaks{\do\/}\mathchardef\UrlBigBreakPenalty=10000 \usepackage[capitalize,noabbrev,nosort]{cleveref} \input{macros} \theoremstyle{plain} \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section] \newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition} \newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma} \newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary} \theoremstyle{definition} \newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition} \theoremstyle{remark} \newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark} \numberwithin{equation}{section} \AddToHook{env/proposition/begin}{\crefalias{theorem}{proposition}} \AddToHook{env/lemma/begin}{\crefalias{theorem}{lemma}} \AddToHook{env/corollary/begin}{\crefalias{theorem}{corollary}} \AddToHook{env/definition/begin}{\crefalias{theorem}{definition}} \AddToHook{env/remark/begin}{\crefalias{theorem}{remark}} \begin{document} \title[The generalized Fermat equation $x^2+y^5=z^7$]{The generalized Fermat equation $\boldsymbol{x^2+y^5=z^7}$} \author{Manvir Jaswal} \address{Toronto, Canada} \email{manvirjaswal@icloud.com} \subjclass[2020]{Primary 11D41; Secondary 11R29, 11Y40, 11Y50} \keywords{Generalized Fermat equation, Fermat--Catalan conjecture, Belyi map, fifth-power descent, power residue symbols, class number, explicit formula} \hypersetup{pdftitle={The generalized Fermat equation x\unichar{"00B2}+y\unichar{"2075}=z\unichar{"2077}},pdfauthor={Manvir Jaswal}} \begin{abstract} We show that the equation $x^2+y^5=z^7$ has no solution in nonzero coprime integers, assuming a classification theorem from Putz's thesis, which has not appeared in a refereed journal. Equivalently, none of the equations $x^2+y^5=z^7$, $x^2+y^7=z^5$, $x^5+y^7=z^2$ has a solution in nonzero coprime integers. Putz attaches to a solution an octic algebra, the fibre of a Belyi map of degree $8$, and proves that it is always isomorphic to one fixed octic field $L_8$. We prove unconditionally that no solution has fibre isomorphic to $L_8$, by a fifth-power descent over a field $L_{24}$ of degree $24$ that Putz introduced, completed by fifth-power residue symbols at five auxiliary primes. We also prove, without assuming the generalized Riemann hypothesis, that $L_{24}$ has class number $1$, using a criterion of Belabas, Diaz y Diaz and Friedman. \end{abstract} \maketitle \setcounter{tocdepth}{1} {\hypersetup{linkcolor=black}\tableofcontents} \input{sections/01-introduction} \input{sections/02-putz} \input{sections/03-descent} \input{sections/04-local} \input{sections/05-auxiliary} \input{sections/06-selmer} \input{sections/07-sieve} \input{sections/08-control} \appendix \crefalias{section}{appendix}\crefalias{subsection}{appendix} \input{sections/10-data} \input{sections/09-classnumber} \input{sections/11-computations} \enlargethispage{4\baselineskip} \bibliographystyle{amsplain} \bibliography{refs} \end{document}