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Sequences of consecutive squares on quartic elliptic curves

Number Theory 2020-10-21 v1

Abstract

Let C:y2=ax4+bx2+cC: y^2=ax^4+bx^2+c, be an elliptic curve defined over Q\mathbb Q. A set of rational points (xi,yi)C(Q)(x_i,y_i) \in C(\mathbb Q), i=1,2,,i=1,2,\cdots, is said to be a sequence of consecutive squares if xi=(u+i)2x_i= (u + i)^2, i=1,2,i=1,2,\cdots, for some uQu\in \mathbb Q. Using ideas of Mestre, we construct infinitely many elliptic curves CC with sequences of consecutive squares of length at least 66. It turns out that these 6 rational points are independent. We then strengthen this result by proving that for a fixed 66-term sequence of consecutive squares, there are infinitely many elliptic curves CC with the latter sequence forming the xx-coordinates of six rational points in C(Q)C(\mathbb Q).

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@article{arxiv.1803.02069,
  title  = {Sequences of consecutive squares on quartic elliptic curves},
  author = {Mohammad Sadek and Mohamed Kamel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.02069},
  year   = {2020}
}
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