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Tagged arithmetic-geometry — 3 entries. Clear

Szpiro's discriminant–conductor inequality for elliptic curves: equivalent to abc, claimed via inter-universal Teichmüller theory, but the proof is disputed and the problem stays open.

Posed by Lucien Szpiro · 1981 · Arithmetic geometry · difficulty 5/5

arithmetic-geometry elliptic-curves abc

Which integers are areas of rational right triangles? Tunnell's criterion decides it assuming BSD; unconditionally, no general method is known.

· Diophantine geometry · difficulty 4/5

arithmetic-geometry