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Given an integer k, find all the integral
solutions to
y2=x3 +k.
For many values of k, all the solutions are known. For example, we
shall later show that the only solutions for k=-2 are
(x,y)=(3,-5) and
(3,5). A complete resolution for all integers k is unknown.
David J. Wright
2000-08-24