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ON PERFECT $K$ -RATIONAL CUBOIDS

Part of: Arithmetic algebraic geometry Arithmetic problems. Diophantine geometry Diophantine equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2017

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ANDREW BREMNER*
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School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287-1804, USA email bremner@asu.edu
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Abstract

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Let $K$ be an algebraic number field. A cuboid is said to be $K$ -rational if its edges and face diagonals lie in $K$ . A $K$ -rational cuboid is said to be perfect if its body diagonal lies in $K$ . The existence of perfect $\mathbb{Q}$ -rational cuboids is an unsolved problem. We prove here that there are infinitely many distinct cubic fields $K$ such that a perfect $K$ -rational cuboid exists; and that, for every integer $n\geq 2$ , there is an algebraic number field $K$ of degree $n$ such that there exists a perfect $K$ -rational cuboid.

Keywords

rational cuboidperfect cuboidcubic fieldRiemann–Roch

MSC classification

Primary: 11D41: Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation
Secondary: 11G05: Elliptic curves over global fields 11G35: Varieties over global fields 14G25: Global ground fields

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Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 97 , Issue 1 , February 2018 , pp. 26 - 32
Copyright
© 2017 Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc. 

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