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Integral points on the congruent number curve

Number Theory 2022-11-14 v2

Abstract

We study integral points on the quadratic twists ED:y2=x3D2x\mathcal{E}_D:y^2=x^3-D^2x of the congruent number curve. We give upper bounds on the number of integral points in each coset of 2ED(Q)2\mathcal{E}_D(\mathbb{Q}) in ED(Q)\mathcal{E}_D(\mathbb{Q}) and show that their total is (3.8)rankED(Q)\ll (3.8)^{\mathrm{rank} \mathcal{E}_D(\mathbb{Q})}. We further show that the average number of non-torsion integral points in this family is bounded above by 22. As an application we also deduce from our upper bounds that the system of simultaneous Pell equations aX2bY2=daX^2-bY^2=d, bY2cZ2=dbY^2-cZ^2=d for pairwise coprime positive integers a,b,c,da,b,c,d, has at most (3.6)ω(abcd)\ll (3.6)^{\omega(abcd)} integer solutions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2004.03331,
  title  = {Integral points on the congruent number curve},
  author = {Stephanie Chan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.03331},
  year   = {2022}
}

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24 pages

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