Let Do0 be the fundamental discriminant of an imaginary quadratic field, and hðDÞ its class number. In this paper, we show that for any prime p > 3 and e ¼ À1; 0; or 1, ] ÀX oDo0 j hðDÞc0 ðmod pÞ and D p ¼ e 4 p ffiffiffiffi X p log X :
Thomas’ Family of Thue Equations Over Imaginary Quadratic Fields
✍ Scribed by Clemens Heuberger; Attila Pethő; Robert F Tichy
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 310 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0747-7171
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✦ Synopsis
We consider the family of relative Thue equations
where the parameter t, the root of unity µ and the solutions x and y are integers in the same imaginary quadratic number field.
We prove that there are only trivial solutions (with |x|, |y| ≤ 1), if |t| is large enough or if the discriminant of the quadratic number field is large enough or if Re t = -1/2 (there are a few more solutions in this case which are explicitly listed). In the case Re t = -1/2, an algebraic method is used, in the general case, Baker's method yields the result.
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