On sums of squares and on elliptic curves over function fields

DOI10.1016/0022-314X(71)90030-8zbMath0217.04302MaRDI QIDQ2546217

W. J. Ellison, J. W. S. Cassels, Albrecht Pfister

Publication date: 1971

Published in: Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25) Rational points (14G05) Elliptic curves over global fields (11G05)

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