We present some results concerning the unirationality of the algebraic variety given by the equation
,
where k is a number field, K=k(α), α is a root of an irreducible polynomial h(x) = x³ + ax + b ∈ k[x] and f ∈ k[t]. We are mainly interested in the case of pure cubic extensions, i.e. a = 0 and b ∈ k∖k³. We prove that if deg f = 4 and contains a k-rational point (x₀,y₀,z₀,t₀) with f(t₀)≠0, then is k-unirational. A similar result is proved for a broad family of quintic polynomials f satisfying...
Let f ∈ ℚ [X] and deg f ≤ 3. We prove that if deg f = 2, then the diophantine equation f(x)f(y) = f(z)² has infinitely many nontrivial solutions in ℚ (t). In the case when deg f = 3 and f(X) = X(X²+aX+b) we show that for all but finitely many a,b ∈ ℤ satisfying ab ≠ 0 and additionally, if p|a, then p²∤b, the equation f(x)f(y) = f(z)² has infinitely many nontrivial solutions in rationals.
We show that the system of equations
,
where is a triangular number, has infinitely many solutions in integers. Moreover, we show that this system has a rational three-parameter solution. Using this result we show that the system
has infinitely many rational two-parameter solutions.
Let K be a field, a,b ∈ K and ab ≠ 0. Consider the polynomials g₁(x) = xⁿ+ax+b, g₂(x) = xⁿ+ax²+bx, where n is a fixed positive integer. We show that for each k≥ 2 the hypersurface given by the equation
, i=1,2,
contains a rational curve. Using the above and van de Woestijne’s recent results we show how to construct a rational point different from the point at infinity on the curves , (i=1,2) defined over a finite field, in polynomial time.
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