Lecture Notes

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LEC # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES
1 The Projective Plane (PDF 1)

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

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

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

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

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

Taxicabs - Part 1
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29 Taxicabs - Part 2

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

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