First-order definability of Darmon points in number fields
Abstract
For a given number field , we give a -first order description of affine Darmon points over , and show that this can be improved to a -definition in a remarkable particular case. Darmon points, which are a geometric generalization of perfect powers, constitute a non-linear set-theoretical filtration between and its ring of -integers, the latter of which can be defined with universal formulas, as has been progressively proven by Koenigsmann, Park, and Eisentr\"ager & Morrison. We also show that our formulas are uniform with respect to all possible , with a parameter-free uniformity, and we compute the number of quantifiers and a bound for the degree of the defining polynomial.
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@article{arxiv.2410.03033,
title = {First-order definability of Darmon points in number fields},
author = {Juan Pablo De Rasis and Hunter Handley},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.03033},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
16 pages. Update includes final section including directions for further research and potential ways to improve the results herein