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Partitions with equal products and elliptic curves

Number Theory 2015-05-08 v2

Abstract

Let a,b,ca,b,c be distinct positive integers. Set M=a+b+cM=a+b+c and N=abcN=abc. We give an explicit description of the Mordell-Weil group of the elliptic curve E(M,N):y2MxyNy=x3\displaystyle E_{(M,N)}:y^2-Mxy-Ny=x^3 over \Q\Q. In particular we determine the torsion subgroup of E(M,N)(\Q)E_{(M,N)}(\Q) and show that its rank is positive. Furthermore there are infinitely many positive integers MM that can be written in nn different ways, n{2,3}n\in\{2,3\}, as the sum of three distinct positive integers with the same product NN and E(M,N)(\Q)E_{(M,N)}(\Q) has rank at least nn.

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@article{arxiv.1303.6705,
  title  = {Partitions with equal products and elliptic curves},
  author = {Mohammad Sadek and Nermine El-Sissi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.6705},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages

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