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Class Numbers and Pell's Equation $x^2 + 105y^2 = z^2$

Number Theory 2022-04-01 v1

Abstract

Two well-studied Diophantine equations are those of Pythagorean triples and elliptic curves, for the first we have a parametrization through rational points on the unit circle, and for the second we have a structure theorem for the group of rational solutions. Recently, Yekutieli discussed a connection between these two problems, and described the group structure of Pythagorean triples and the number of triples for a given hypotenuse. In arXiv:2112.03663 we generalized these methods and results to Pell's equation. We find a similar group structure and count on the number of solutions for a given zz to x2+Dy2=z2x^2 + Dy^2 = z^2 when DD is 1 or 2 modulo 4 and the class group of Q[D]\mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{-D}] is a free Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 module, which always happens if the class number is at most 2. In this paper, we discuss the main results of arXiv:2112.03663 using some concrete examples in the case of D=105D=105.

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@article{arxiv.2203.16709,
  title  = {Class Numbers and Pell's Equation $x^2 + 105y^2 = z^2$},
  author = {Thomas Jaklitsch and Thomas C. Martinez and Steven J. Miller and Sagnik Mukherjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.16709},
  year   = {2022}
}

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15 pages, 5 tables