Is the set of $n,m$ s.t. $2^n-3^m=1$ or $3^m-2^n=1$ finite?

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Is the set of $n,m$ s.t. $2^n-3^m=1$ or $3^m-2^n=1$ finite? tried factoring but got nowhere, not sure what theorem or subject applies to this question.

PS : no it is not a homework, but if a book has this as homework please give a reference.

Tagging as possible elementary-number-theory , modify if incorrect

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It is not just finite, it is a singleton. There is a much stronger property:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan%27s_conjecture