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Contre-exemples au principe de Hasse pour les courbes de Fermat

Number Theory 2016-01-29 v1

Abstract

Let pp be an odd prime number. In this paper, we are concerned with the behaviour of Fermat curves defined over Q{\bf Q} given by equations axp+byp+czp=0ax^p+by^p+cz^p=0, with respect to the local-global Hasse principle. It is conjectured that there exist infinitely many Fermat curves of exponent pp which are counterexamples to the Hasse principle. It is a consequence of the abc-conjecture if p5p\geq 5. Using a cyclotomic approach due to H. Cohen and Chebotarev's density theorem, we obtain a partial result towards this conjecture, by proving it for p19p\leq 19.

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@article{arxiv.1601.07698,
  title  = {Contre-exemples au principe de Hasse pour les courbes de Fermat},
  author = {Alain Kraus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.07698},
  year   = {2016}
}

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