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S-integral points on hyperelliptic curves Homero Renato Gallegos ...

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AbstractLet C : Y 2 = a n X n + · · · + a 0 be a <strong>hyperelliptic</strong> curve with the a i rati<strong>on</strong>al integers,n ≥ 5, and the polynomial <strong>on</strong> the right irreducible. Let J be its Jacobian. Let S be afinite set of rati<strong>on</strong>al primes. In this thesis we give explicit methods for finding all of the<str<strong>on</strong>g>integral</str<strong>on</strong>g> and S-<str<strong>on</strong>g>integral</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>points</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> C. The work c<strong>on</strong>sists of the following parts.1. We give a completely explicit upper bound for the size of the S-<str<strong>on</strong>g>integral</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>points</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong>the model C, provided we know at least <strong>on</strong>e rati<strong>on</strong>al point <strong>on</strong> C and a Mordell–Weilbasis for J(Q). There is a refinement of the Mordell–Weil sieve that can then beused to determine all the S-<str<strong>on</strong>g>integral</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>points</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the curve.2. In the case the curve has genus 2 and the polynomial defining the curve hasreal roots <strong>on</strong>ly, we reduce the upper bound for the size of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>integral</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>points</str<strong>on</strong>g> tomanageable proporti<strong>on</strong>s using linear forms in <strong>hyperelliptic</strong> logarithms. We thenfind all of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>integral</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>points</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> C by a direct search.3. We give an algorithm for the computati<strong>on</strong> of <strong>hyperelliptic</strong> logarithms of real <str<strong>on</strong>g>points</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>on</strong> genus 2 <strong>curves</strong> defined by a polynomial having real roots <strong>on</strong>ly. This is neededfor 2.We illustrate the practicality of the method by finding all the <str<strong>on</strong>g>integral</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>points</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong>the curve Y 2 = f(X) = X 5 − 5X 3 − X 2 + 3X + 1, and all the S-<str<strong>on</strong>g>integral</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>points</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> thecurve Y 2 − Y = X 5 − X for the set S of the first 22 primes.ix

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