Ternary Diophantine Equations via Galois Representations and Modular Forms

Michael A. Bennett; Chris M. Skinner

doi:10.4153/CJM-2004-002-2

Ternary Diophantine Equations via Galois Representations and Modular Forms

Michael A. Bennett, Chris M. Skinner

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In this paper, we develop techniques for solving ternary Diophantine equations of the shape Axⁿ + Byⁿ = Cz², based upon the theory of Galois representations and modular forms. We subsequently utilize these methods to completely solve such equations for various choices of the parameters A, B and C. We conclude with an application of our results to certain classical polynomial-exponential equations, such as those of Ramanujan-Nagell type.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	23-54
Number of pages	32
Journal	Canadian Journal of Mathematics
Volume	56
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4153/CJM-2004-002-2
State	Published - Feb 2004
Externally published	Yes

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