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Fermat-type equations of signature (13,13,p) via Hilbert cuspforms

Number Theory 2012-01-31 v2

Abstract

In this paper we prove that equations of the form x13+y13=Czpx^{13} + y^{13} = Cz^{p} have no non-trivial primitive solutions (a,b,c) such that 13c13 \nmid c if p>4992539p > 4992539 for an infinite family of values for CC. Our method consists in relating a solution (a,b,c) to the previous equation to a solution (a,b,c_1) of another Diophantine equation with coefficients in \Q(13)\Q(\sqrt{13}). We then construct Frey-curves associated with (a,b,c_1) and we prove modularity of them in order to apply the modular approach via Hilbert cusp forms over \Q(13)\Q(\sqrt{13}). We also prove a modularity result for elliptic curves over totally real cyclic number fields of interest by itself.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1112.4521,
  title  = {Fermat-type equations of signature (13,13,p) via Hilbert cuspforms},
  author = {Luis Dieulefait and Nuno Freitas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.4521},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

We improve the lower bound for the prime p in the exponent of the diophantine equation in the main theorem, thanks to new computations of coefficients of Hilbert newforms performed by John Voight