Row-reduction and invariants of diophantine equations (Q1338153)
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Row-reduction and invariants of diophantine equations (English)
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20 December 1994
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The author is interested in rational solutions with \(X_ 1 \dots X_ n \neq 0\) of the polynomial equation \(f(X_ 1, \dots, X_ n) = 0\) where the coefficients of \(f\) are integers. An integral matrix of exponents is associated to \(f\). By a multiplicative change of variables the matrix is brought to row-echelon form, which corresponds to an equation that is equivalent to the original but which sometimes can be more easily solved (e.g., \(f\) has degree 1 in a new variable). This method is also used for equations over finite fields.
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rational solutions
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polynomial equation
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equations over finite fields
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