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Diophantine inequalities and quasi-algebraically closed fields

Number Theory 2015-07-03 v1

Abstract

Consider a form g(x1,...,xs)g(x_1,...,x_s) of degree dd, having coefficients in the completion Fq((1/t))F_q((1/t)) of the field of fractions Fq(t)F_q(t) associated to the finite field FqF_q. We establish that whenever s>d2s>d^2, then the form gg takes arbitrarily small values for non-zero arguments xFq[t]sx\in F_q[t]^s. We provide related results for problems involving distribution modulo Fq[t]F_q[t], and analogous conclusions for quasi-algebraically closed fields in general.

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@article{arxiv.1004.3245,
  title  = {Diophantine inequalities and quasi-algebraically closed fields},
  author = {Craig V. Spencer and Trevor D. Wooley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.3245},
  year   = {2015}
}
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