Bachet equations and cubic resolvents
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 1281.14016
DOI: 10.4134/CKMS.2013.28.4.723
author: Sung Sik Woo
published in: Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
publication date: 2013-12-17T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14G05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11D25
zbMATH DE Number: 6239007
zbMATH Keywords: Bachet equation
zbMATH Keywords: rational solution
zbMATH Keywords: resolvent cubic
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title: Bachet equations and cubic resolvents
review text: In the paper under review, the author relates the problem of finding rational solutions of the diophantine equation \(Y^2=X^3+k, k\in\mathbb{Z}\) to the question concerning the existence of a rational root of the equation \(f(X)=0\), where \(f(X)=X^3-b^2X^2+k\). The latter question is resolved by characterizing these quartic polynomials that become biquadratic by a change of a variable whose cubic resolvent is the polynomial \(f\). As an application of the results the author proves that the equation \(Y^2=X^3+k\) has a rational solution if and only if there are \(a, b\in\mathbb{Q}\) such that \(k=-a^2(a-b^2)\).
reviewed by: Maciej Ulas
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