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Almost Pell type equation

Consider the following Diophantine equation $$ 2x^2-Ny^2 = -1. $$ where $N$ is an integer. Is there any result expressing the values of $N$ for which the above equation admits an integral solution?
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Number of integers $x \leq B$ such that $f(x)\mid g(x)$ for coprime polynomials $f,g$

Let $f, g \in \mathbb{Z}[x]$ be coprime polynomials. I am interested in an upper bound for $$ N(B) = \# \{ x \in [-B, B] \cap \mathbb{Z}: f(x)\mid g(x) \}. $$ I assume there must be something known ...
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System of two linear Diophantine equations

Let $n\in\mathbb{N}$ be a positive integer. Denote by $f(n)$ the number of integral solutions of the following system $$ \left\lbrace\begin{array}{l} \sum_{i=1}^nx_i = 3n; \\ \sum_{i=1}^n (2i-1)x_i = ...
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Integral points in smooth cubic curves

Let $X$ be a smooth affine cubic curve in $\mathbb A^2$ defined by $f(T_1,T_2)\in\mathbb Z[T_1,T_2]$ (of course $\deg(f)=3$ by definition), and $$n(f, B)=\{(x_1,x_2)\in\mathbb Z^2| |x_1|\leq B, |x_2|\...
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Rational points of bounded height on a variety

I would like to ask for some clarification on the following argument which I can not quite understand. There is a variety $X$ of dimension $n$ over a number field with a degree two map $f:X\...
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Positive integer solutions to the diophantine equation $(xz+1)(yz+1)=z^4+z^3 +z^2 +z+1$

Let $P(z) = z^4 +z^3 +z^2 +z+1$ where $z$ is a positive integer. While working with the diophantine equation $(xz+1)(yz+1)=P(z)$, I was able to construct a seemingly infinite and complete solution set ...
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Analytically controlling sizes in modular arithmetic to demonstrate Dirichlet pigeonhole application

Given $a,b,c,d\in\mathbb Z$ with $ad+bc=p$ a prime there is an $m\in\mathbb Z$ with $-\lceil1+\sqrt{p}\rceil< r_1,r_2<\lceil1+\sqrt{p}\rceil$ and $$r_1\equiv mac\bmod p$$ $$r_2\equiv mbd\bmod p$$...
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Chinese remaindering to solve solvable diophantine equations

Given a diophantine equation $$f(x_1,\dots,x_z)=0$$ where $f(x_1,\dots,x_z)\in\mathbb Z[x_1,\dots,x_z]$ is of total degree $d$ and each variable degree $d_i$ where $i\in\{1,\dots,z\}$ there is no ...
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Isomorphism classes of lattices

Suppose we have a $4 \times 6$ matrix $A$ of rank $4$ whose entries are rational numbers. Define $$ V = \{x \in \mathbb R^6 \mid A \cdot x = 0\} $$ and $$ \Lambda = \{x \in \mathbb Z^6 \mid A \cdot ...
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Number of nontrivial integral solutions to $f(x)=f(y)$

Let $f(x)\in\mathbb Z[x]$ be a nonconstant polynomial, and let $$g(x,y)=\frac{f(x)-f(y)}{x-y}\in\mathbb Z[x,y].$$ Let $N(B)$ denote the number of pairs of integers $(x_0,y_0)$ such that $1\le x_0,y_0\...
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Genus Zero Diophantine Equations and Infinite Valuations

I'm interested in an explicit upper bound for the integral solutions of a certain genus zero curve $F(X,Y)=0$. I found some papers that address this problem: [1] Solving genus zero diophantine ...
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The number of representations of an integer as the inner product of integral lattice points

I was looking through some old notes of mine and I came across a couple lemmas/identities I wrote down in regards to a question I asked about four years ago. In particular I wrote that for an ...
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Necessary and Sufficient condition for Sharpness of Bombieri and Vaaler's result on Siegel's lemma?

This Wikipedia page currently quotes Bombieri and Vaaler's result on Siegel's lemma: Suppose we are given a system of $m$ linear equations in $n$ unknowns such that $n>m$, say $a_{11}x_1+\dots+...
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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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