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Tags: modular arithmetic, Diophantine Equations



Show that the equation $y^{2}=x^{3}+2a^{3}-3b^2$ has no solution in integers if $ab \neq 0$, $a \not\equiv 1 \; \pmod{3}$, $3$ does not divide $b$, $a$ is odd if $b$ is even, and $p=t^2 +27u^2$ has a solution in integers $t,u$ if $p \vert a$ and $p \equiv 1 \; \pmod{3}$.