Generalized balancing numbers *

The positive integer x is a (k, l) -balancing number for y(x ≤ y — 2) if 1k + 2k + … + (x — 1)k = (x + 1)l + … + (y — 1)l for fixed positive integers k and l. In this paper, we prove some effective and ineffective finiteness statements for the balancing numbers, using certain Baker-type Diophantine results and Bilu—Tichy theorem, respectively.