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Asymptotic Fermat for signatures $(p,p,2)$ and $(p,p,3)$ over totally real fields

Number Theory 2022-07-11 v2

Abstract

Let KK be a totally real number field and consider a Fermat-type equation Aap+Bbq=CcrAa^p+Bb^q=Cc^r over KK. We call the triple of exponents (p,q,r)(p,q,r) the signature of the equation. We prove various results concerning the solutions to the Fermat equation with signature (p,p,2)(p,p,2) and (p,p,3)(p,p,3) using a method involving modularity, level lowering and image of inertia comparison. These generalize and extend the recent work of I\c{s}ik, Kara and Ozman. For example, consider KK a totally real field of degree nn with 2hK+2 \nmid h_K^+ and 22 inert. Moreover, suppose there is a prime q5q\geq 5 which totally ramifies in KK and satisfies gcd(n,q1)=1\gcd(n,q-1)=1, then we know that the equation ap+bp=c2a^p+b^p=c^2 has no primitive, non-trivial solutions (a,b,c)OK3(a,b,c) \in \mathcal{O}_K^3 with 2b2 | b for pp sufficiently large.

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@article{arxiv.2203.07873,
  title  = {Asymptotic Fermat for signatures $(p,p,2)$ and $(p,p,3)$ over totally real fields},
  author = {Diana Mocanu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.07873},
  year   = {2022}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1307.3162 by other authors