Mathematics of Computation

Author(s): Konstantinos A. Draziotis.
Journal: Math. Comp. 75 (2006), 1493-1505.
MSC (2000): Primary 11D25, 11G05
Posted: April 6, 2006
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Abstract: We completely solve diophantine equations of the form $Y^{2}=X^{3}\pm p^{k}X,$ where

is a positive integer, using a reduction to some quartic elliptic equations, which can be solved with well known methods.

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Konstantinos A. Draziotis
Affiliation: 42 G. Passalidi St., Thessaloniki 54453, Greece
Email: drazioti@gmail.com

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-06-01852-7
PII: S 0025-5718(06)01852-7
Keywords: Elliptic curve, 2-torsion point, unramified morphism, Pell equation.
Received by editor(s): December 2, 2003
Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 29, 2005
Posted: April 6, 2006
Additional Notes: The research of this author was supported by the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation-I.K.Y
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.

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