Journal of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society
Volume 34, Issue 2, June 2019 pp. 263–269.
Polynomial Pell equations P(x)2-(x2m+ax+b)
Q(x)2 = 1 and associated hyperelliptic curves
Authors:
Tomasz Jedrzejak
Author institution:University of Szczecin, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Mathematics, Wielkopolska 15, 70-451 Szczecin, Poland
Summary:
The title equations are connected with Jacobians of hyperelliptic
curves C m,a,b : y2 = x 2m +ax+b defined over Q.
More precisely, these equations have a nontrivial solution if and
only if the class of the divisor ∞ + - ∞ - is a
torsion point in Jacobian Jac (Cm,a,b), where ∞ +
and ∞ - are two points at infinity in C m,a,b.
We~show that if ab = 0 then the title equations have nontrivial
solutions (and we write explicit formulae). On the other hand, we
prove that for any m > 1 there exist infinitely many pairs (a,b)
such that our equations have no nontrivial solutions. Moreover,
for m= 2,3 for almost all (a,b) with ab ≠ 0, these
equations have no nontrivial solutions. We~also give infinitely
many explicit
examples when nontrivial solution does not exist.
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