Class Numbers and Pell's Equation $x^2 + 105y^2 = z^2$
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 to when is 1 or 2 modulo 4 and the class group of is a free 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 .
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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