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Mordell-Weil groups of the Jacobian of the 5-th Fermat curve
Author(s):
Pavlos
Tzermias
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
125
(1997),
663-668.
MSC (1991):
Primary 14H25, 14G05;
Secondary 11D41
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Abstract:
Let denote the Jacobian of the Fermat curve of exponent 5 and let . We compute the groups , , , where is the unique quadratic subfield of . As an application, we present a new proof that there are no -rational points on the 5-th Fermat curve, except the so called ``points at infinity".
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Additional Information:
Pavlos
Tzermias
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
Address at time of publication:
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Apartat 50, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Email:
tzermias@math.berkeley.edu, tzermias@crm.es
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-97-03637-X
PII:
S 0002-9939(97)03637-X
Received by editor(s):
November 5, 1994
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
September 1, 1995
Communicated by:
William W. Adams
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Copyright
1997,
American Mathematical Society
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