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Main Authors: Halbeisen, Lorenz, Hungerbühler, Norbert, Zargar, Arman Shamsi
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12989
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author Halbeisen, Lorenz
Hungerbühler, Norbert
Zargar, Arman Shamsi
author_facet Halbeisen, Lorenz
Hungerbühler, Norbert
Zargar, Arman Shamsi
contents A pair $(a, b)$ of positive integers is a pythagorean pair if $a^2 + b^2$ is a square. A pythagorean pair $(a, b)$ is called a pythapotent pair of degree $h$ if there is another pythagorean pair $(k,l)$, which is not a multiple of $(a,b)$, such that $(a^hk, b^hl)$ is a pythagorean pair. To each pythagorean pair $(a, b)$ we assign an elliptic curve $Γ_{a^h ,b^h}$ for $h\ge 3$ with torsion group isomorphic to $\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z \times \mathbb Z/4\mathbb Z$ such that $Γ_{a^h,b^h}$ has positive rank over $\mathbb Q$ if and only if $(a,b)$ is a pythapotent pair of degree $h$. As a side result, we get that if $(a, b)$ is a pythapotent pair of degree $h$, then there exist infinitely many pythagorean pairs $(k,l)$, not multiples of each other, such that $(a^hk,b^hl)$ is a pythagorean pair. In particular, we show that any pythagorean pair is always a pythapotent pair of degree 3. In a previous work, pythapotent pairs of degrees 1 and 2 have been studied.
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spellingShingle Pairing Powers of Pythagorean Pairs
Halbeisen, Lorenz
Hungerbühler, Norbert
Zargar, Arman Shamsi
Number Theory
11D72, 11G05
A pair $(a, b)$ of positive integers is a pythagorean pair if $a^2 + b^2$ is a square. A pythagorean pair $(a, b)$ is called a pythapotent pair of degree $h$ if there is another pythagorean pair $(k,l)$, which is not a multiple of $(a,b)$, such that $(a^hk, b^hl)$ is a pythagorean pair. To each pythagorean pair $(a, b)$ we assign an elliptic curve $Γ_{a^h ,b^h}$ for $h\ge 3$ with torsion group isomorphic to $\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z \times \mathbb Z/4\mathbb Z$ such that $Γ_{a^h,b^h}$ has positive rank over $\mathbb Q$ if and only if $(a,b)$ is a pythapotent pair of degree $h$. As a side result, we get that if $(a, b)$ is a pythapotent pair of degree $h$, then there exist infinitely many pythagorean pairs $(k,l)$, not multiples of each other, such that $(a^hk,b^hl)$ is a pythagorean pair. In particular, we show that any pythagorean pair is always a pythapotent pair of degree 3. In a previous work, pythapotent pairs of degrees 1 and 2 have been studied.
title Pairing Powers of Pythagorean Pairs
topic Number Theory
11D72, 11G05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12989