Legendre's equation

In mathematics, Legendre's equation is the Diophantine equation

ax^{2}+by^{2}+cz^{2}=0.

The equation is named for Adrien Marie Legendre who proved in 1785 that it is solvable in integers x, y, z, not all zero, if and only if −bc, −ca and −ab are quadratic residues modulo a, b and c, respectively, where a, b, c are nonzero, square-free, pairwise relatively prime integers, not all positive or all negative .

References

L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers. Vol.II: Diophantine Analysis, Chelsea Publishing, 1971, ISBN 0-8284-0086-5. Chap.XIII, p. 422.
J.E. Cremona and D. Rusin, "Efficient solution of rational conics", Math. Comp., 72 (2003) pp. 1417-1441.

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