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An undecidability result for the asymptotic theory of $p$-adic fields

Logic 2022-11-14 v4 Number Theory

Abstract

Fix a prime pp. We prove that the set of sentences true in all but finitely many finite extensions of Qp\mathbb{Q}_p is undecidable in the language of valued fields with a cross-section. The proof goes via reduction to characteristic pp, adapting Pheidas' proof of the undecidability of Fp( ⁣(t) ⁣)\mathbb{F}_p(\!(t)\!) with a predicate for powers of tt. This answers a variant of a question of Derakhshan-Macintyre.

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@article{arxiv.2105.03771,
  title  = {An undecidability result for the asymptotic theory of $p$-adic fields},
  author = {Konstantinos Kartas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.03771},
  year   = {2022}
}

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15 pages