On -congruent numbers, rational squares in arithmetic progressions, concordant forms and elliptic curves

DOI10.3390/MATH3010002MaRDI QIDQ2339583zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Erich Selder, Karlheinz Spindler

Publication date 2 April 2015

Published in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.1522

zbMATH Keywords

\(\theta\)-congruent numbersconcordant formselliptic curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic progressions (11B25) Elliptic curves over global fields (11G05)

Abstract: The correspondence between right triangles with rational sides, triplets of rational squares in arithmetic succession and integral solutions of certain quadratic forms is well known. We show how this correspondence can be extended to the generalized notions of rational $heta$-triangles, rational squares occurring in arithmetic progressions and concordant forms. In our approach we establish one-to-one mappings to rational points on certain elliptic curves and examine in detail the role of solutions of the $heta$-congruent number problem and the concordant form problem associated with nontrivial torsion points on the corresponding elliptic curves. This approach allows us to combine and extend some disjoint results obtained by a number of authors, to clarify some statements in the literature and to answer some hitherto open questions.

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Summary: The correspondence between right triangles with rational sides, triplets of rational squares in arithmetic succession and integral solutions of certain quadratic forms is well-known. We show how this correspondence can be extended to the generalized notions of rational \(\theta\)-triangles, rational squares occurring in arithmetic progressions and concordant forms. In our approach we establish one-to-one mappings to rational points on certain elliptic curves and examine in detail the role of solutions of the \(\theta\)-congruent number problem and the concordant form problem associated with nontrivial torsion points on the corresponding elliptic curves. This approach allows us to combine and extend some disjoint results obtained by a number of authors, to clarify some statements in the literature and to answer some hitherto open questions.

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