Congruent number problem: which positive integers \(n\) occur as the area of a right triangle with all three sides rational? Equivalently, for which \(n\) does \(y^2 = x^3 - n^2 x\) have a rational point with \(y \neq 0\)? (E.g. \(n = 5, 6, 7\) are congruent; \(n = 1, 2, 3\) are not.)
Congruent numbers go back to Arab mathematicians of the 10th century; Fermat showed 1 is not congruent. Tunnell (1983) gave a simple criterion equivalent to congruence under the Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture: \(n\) is congruent iff the number of representations of \(n\) by certain ternary quadratic forms matches. Unconditional determination is known only for restricted families (e.g. Heegner-point methods), and the general decision problem — let alone a formula — remains open.
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