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Families of noncongruent numbers

Franz Lemmermeyer

math.NTarXiv:math/0202311

Abstract

Let Ek denote the elliptic curve defined by y2 = x(x2 - k2). We consider the curves with k = pl, p = l = 1 mod 8 primes, and show that the density of rank-0 curves among them is at least 1/2 by explicitly constructing nontrivial elements in the 2-part of the Tate-Shafarevich group of Ek.

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