Let $P_2:=\{2^k | k\in\mathbb N\}$ be the set of powers of two. I would like to "see" a polynomial $p(z_1,\ldots,z_r)$ with integer coefficients for which $P_2 =\{n\in\mathbb N | n=p(z_1,\ldots,z_r)\text{ with }z_1,\ldots,z_r\in\mathbb Z\}$. This should be possible, because $P_2$ is clearly recursively enumerable. If it should be easier to present such a polynomial for the set of powers of another prime number, or for the set of Fibonacci numbers, this would be sufficient for me as well.
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How to express the powers of two by a Diophantine equation?
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For the Fibonacci numbers, full details are given in this paper by Jones.