Efficient solution of rational conics

  • Authors:
  • J. E. Cremona;D. Rusin

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom;Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

  • Venue:
  • Mathematics of Computation
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

We present efficient algorithms for solving Legendre equations over Q (equivalently, for finding rational points on rational conics) and parametrizing all solutions. Unlike existing algorithms, no integer factorization is required, provided that the prime factors of the discriminant are known.