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Solving elliptic diophantine equations by estimating linear forms in elliptic logarithms. The case of quartic equations

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Crete, P.O. Box 470, 714 09 Iraklion, Greece

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Acta Arithmetica
1996/75/2
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Pages:
165-190
Main language of publication
English
Received
1995-07-10
Accepted
1995-09-17
Published
1996
Exact and natural sciences