Integer points on elliptic curves (Q5891878)

Let \(f(x)\) be a polynomial of degree \(d\) with integer coefficients and \(c\) a non-zero integer. Assume that \(c y^2 - f(x)\) is absolutely irreducible. By \textit{C. L. Siegel}'s theorem [Abh. Preuß. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl. 1929, No. 1, 70 S. (1929; JFM 56.0180.05)], we know that there are only finitely many integral points on the curve \(c y^2 = f(x)\). Siegel's method does not provide any local bound. The author uses \textit{P. X. Gallagher}'s sieve [Mathematika 14, 14--20 (1967; Zbl 0163.04401)] to obtain upper bounds for the number of integral points of bounded size on the curve \(c y^2 = f(x)\). For real numbers \(X_{0}\) and \(X \geq 1\), define \(N_{f}(X ; X_{0})\) to be the number of integral points \((x , y)\) with \(X_{0} < x \leq X_{0} + X\) and \(c y^2 = f(x)\). The author shows that \[ N_{f}(X; X_{0})\ll X^{1/2} \] where the implicit constant depends at most on \(d\), the degree of \(f(x)\). In particular, the author concludes that the number of positive integer points on the Mordell equation \[ x^3 + y^2 =n, \] where \(n \in \mathbb{N}\), is \(\ll n^{1/6}\).