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Mordell's Equation

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