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Diophantine equation for 2016: triangular $|{\rm GL}_2({\bf F}_q)|$

For a prime power $q$ the group ${\rm GL}_2({\bf F}_q)$ has $(q^2-1)(q^2-q)$ elements. This happens to be a triangular number for $q=2$ (being $6 = 1+2+3$), and $-$ more notably, especially this year ...
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A specific Diophantine equation related to the congruent number question

Let $n$ be an odd square free natural number. J.B. Tunnel in his 1983 paper, showed that a number $n$ is congruent, if and only if the number of triples of integers satisfying $2x^2+y^2+8z^2=n$ is ...
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