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Given a triple of integers $A, B, C$ with $A + B = C$, the Frey curve (or Frey-Hellegouarch curve) associated to this triple is the elliptic curve $$ y^2 = x(x-A)(x+B). $$

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  • Last edited by Kiran S. Kedlaya on 2019-03-22 11:46:45
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