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The Algorithmic Resolution of Diophantine Equations Nigel P. Smart (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol)

The Algorithmic Resolution of Diophantine Equations By Nigel P. Smart (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol)

The Algorithmic Resolution of Diophantine Equations by Nigel P. Smart (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol)


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A coherent account of the computational methods used to solve diophantine equations. Topics include local methods, sieving, descent arguments, the LLL algorithm, Baker's theory of linear forms in logarithms, and problems associated with curves. Useful exercises and bibliography are included. Suitable for graduate students and research workers.

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The Algorithmic Resolution of Diophantine Equations: A Computational Cookbook by Nigel P. Smart (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol)

Beginning with a brief introduction to algorithms and diophantine equations, this volume aims to provide a coherent account of the methods used to find all the solutions to certain diophantine equations, particularly those procedures which have been developed for use on a computer. The study is divided into three parts, the emphasis throughout being on examining approaches with a wide range of applications. The first section considers basic techniques including local methods, sieving, descent arguments and the LLL algorithm. The second section explores problems which can be solved using Baker's theory of linear forms in logarithms. The final section looks at problems associated with curves, mainly focusing on rational and integral points on elliptic curves. Each chapter concludes with a useful set of exercises. A detailed bibliography is included. This book will appeal to graduate students and research workers, with a basic knowledge of number theory, who are interested in solving diophantine equations using computational methods.

The Algorithmic Resolution of Diophantine Equations Reviews

' should certainly establish itself as a key reference for established researchers and a natural starting point for new PhD students in the area.' E. V. Flynn, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Basic Solution Techniques: 2. Local methods; 3. Applications of local methods to diophantine equations; 4. Ternary quadratic forms; 5. Computational diophantine approximation; 6. Applications of the LLL-algorithm; Part II. Methods Using Linear Forms in Logarithms: 7. Thue equations; 8. ThueMahler equations; 9. S-Unit equations; 10. Triangularly connected decomposable form equations; 11. Discriminant form equations; Part III. Integral and Rational Points on Curves: 12. Rational points on elliptic curves; 13. Integral points on elliptic curves; 14. Curves of genus greater than one; Appendices; References; Index.

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NPB9780521641562
9780521641562
052164156X
The Algorithmic Resolution of Diophantine Equations: A Computational Cookbook by Nigel P. Smart (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
1998-11-12
260
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