Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Basic Solution Techniques: 2. Local methods; 3. Applications of local methods to diophantine equations; 4. Ternary quadratic forms; 5. Computational diophantine approximation; 6. Applications of the LLL-algorithm; Part II. Methods Using Linear Forms in Logarithms: 7. Thue equations; 8. Thue–Mahler equations; 9. S-Unit equations; 10. Triangularly connected decomposable form equations; 11. Discriminant form equations; Part III. Integral and Rational Points on Curves: 12. Rational points on elliptic curves; 13. Integral points on elliptic curves; 14. Curves of genus greater than one; Appendices; References; Index.

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A coherent account of the computational methods used to solve diophantine equations.

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'… should certainly establish itself as a key reference for established researchers and a natural starting point for new PhD students in the area.' E. V. Flynn, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society