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In a series of articles published in the C.R. Paris more than a century ago, T. PéPIN announced a list of “theorems” concerning the solvability of diophantine equations of the type ax4 +by 4 = z2. In this article, we show how to prove these claims using the structure of 2-class groups of imaginary quadratic number fields. We will also look at a few related results from a modern point of view.
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Lemmermeyer, F. A note on pépin’s counter examples to the hasse principle for curves of genus 1. Abh.Math.Semin.Univ.Hambg. 69, 335–345 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02940884
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