Parametric solutions of the quartic Diophantine equation \(f(x,y)=f(u,v)\) (Q2496894)

We are concerned with duartic Diophantine equations of the type \(f(x,y) = ax^4 + bx^3y + cx^2y^2 + dxy^3 + ey^4\) (a binary quartic form) for which parametric solutions have been obtained, \(viz.\), when \(a, b, c, d, e\) satisfy certain conditions. These are: that the form \(f(x,y)\) can be reduced by a nonsingular rational transformation \(x=\alpha X + \beta Y\), \(y=\gamma X + \delta Y\), either to a form of the type \(pX^4 + qXY^3 + rY^4\) or to a form of the type \(pX^4 + qX^2Y^2 + rY^4\), where \(p, q, r\) are arbitrary rational numbers.