How to Solve a Diophantine Equation

Michael Stoll ()
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Michael Stoll: Universität Bayreuth, Mathematisches Institut

A chapter in An Invitation to Mathematics, 2011, pp 9-19 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We introduce Diophantine equations and show evidence that it can be hard to solve them. Then we demonstrate how one can solve a specific equation related to numbers occurring several times in Pascal’s Triangle with state-of-the-art methods.

Keywords: Abelian Group; Integral Point; Diophantine Equation; Height Function; Hyperelliptic Curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19533-4_2

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