Exponential triples

Abstract

Using ultrafilter techniques we show that in any partition of $\mathbb{N}$ into 2 cells there is one cell containing infinitely many exponential triples, i.e. triples of the kind $a,b,a^b$ (with $a,b>1$). Also, we will show that any multiplicative $IP^*$ set is an "exponential $IP$ set", the analogue of an $IP$ set with respect to exponentiation.