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Feels like I am probably missing something obvious.

Are there distinct primes $p,q$ and positive integers $m,n$ such that

$$ \sum_{i=0}^{n} p^i = \sum_{j=0}^{m} q^j$$

Guessing the answer is no, but unable to prove it.


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