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Lecture Notes



Lecture Notes

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LEC #TOPICSLECTURE NOTES
1The Projective Plane(PDF 1)

(PDF 2)
2Curves in the Projective Plane(PDF)
3Rational Points on Conics(PDF)
4Geometry of Cubic Curves(PDF)
5Weierstrass Normal Form(PDF)

(PDF)
6Explicit Formulas for the Group Law(PDF)
7Points of Order Two and Three(PDF)
8The Discriminant

Points of Finite Order have Integer Coordinates - Part 1
(PDF)
9Points of Finite Order have Integer Coordinates - Part 2(PDF)
10Points of Finite Order have Integer Coordinates - Part 3

The Nagell-Lutz Theorem
(PDF)
11Real and Complex Points on Cubics(PDF)
12Heights and Descent(PDF)
13Height of P + P_0(PDF)
14Height of 2P(PDF)
15A Useful Homomorphism - Part 1(PDF)
16A Useful Homomorphism - Part 2(PDF)
17Mordell's Theorem - Part 1(PDF)
18Mordell's Theorem - Part 2

Examples - Part 1
(PDF)
19Examples - Part 2(PDF)
20Examples - Part 3(PDF)
21Singular Cubics(PDF)
22Rational Points over Finite Fields(PDF)
23Gauss's Theorem - Part 1(PDF)
24Gauss's Theorem - Part 2(PDF)
25Points of Finite Order Revisited(PDF)
26Factorization using Elliptic Curves - Part 1(PDF)
27Factorization using Elliptic Curves - Part 2(PDF)
28Integer Points on Cubics

Taxicabs - Part 1
(PDF)
29Taxicabs - Part 2

Thue's Theorem - Part 1
(PDF)
30Thue's Theorem - Part 2(PDF)
31Construction of an Auxiliary Polynomial(PDF)
32The Auxiliary Polynomial is Small(PDF)
33The Auxiliary Polynomial Does Not Vanish(PDF)
34Proof of the DAT

Further Developments
(PDF)
35Congruent Numbers and Elliptic Curves I: Koblitz - Part 1(PDF)
36Congruent Numbers and Elliptic Curves II: Koblitz - Part 2(PDF)

 








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