• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.723-733
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• 2013

A Bachet equation $Y^2=X^3+k$ will have a rational solution if and only if there is $b{\in}\mathbb{Q}$ for which $X^3-b^2X^2+k$ is reducible. In this paper we show that such cubics arise as a cubic resolvent of a biquadratic polynomial. And we prove various properties of cubic resolvents.