Tunnell's congruent number conjecture criterion

Let nn be a positive square-free integer. Set a=1a=1 if 2midn2 mid n and a=2a=2 otherwise, and let Σ(n)\Sigma(n) be the set of integral solutions of

2ax2+y2+8z2=na.2ax^2+y^2+8z^2=\frac{n}{a}.

Tunnell's conjecture. The integer nn is a congruent number if and only if

#{(x,y,z)Σ(n):2z}=#{(x,y,z)Σ(n):2z}.\#\{(x,y,z)\in\Sigma(n):2\mid z\}=\#\{(x,y,z)\in\Sigma(n):2\nmid z\}.

This is the congruent-number criterion arising from the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture and Tunnell's theorem; the source presents it as an equivalence without stating its resolution status.

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Primary source

Ashay Burungale and Ye Tian, “The even parity Goldfeld conjecture: congruent number elliptic curves”, arXiv:2104.06732 (2021).

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