%0 Journal Article %T A simple proof of the Markoff conjecture for prime powers %A Mong Lung Lang %A Ser Peow Tan %J Mathematics %D 2005 %I arXiv %R 10.1007/s10711-007-9189-x %X We give a simple and independent proof of the result of Jack Button and Paul Schmutz that the Markoff conjecture on the uniqueness of the Markoff triples (a,b,c), where a, b, and c are in increasing order, holds whenever $c$ is a prime power. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0508443v1