Hilbert's tenth problem for systems of diagonal quadratic forms, and B\"{u}chi's problem
Number Theory
2025-06-10 v3 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
In this paper we complete B\"{u}chi's proof that there is no decision algorithm for the solubility in integers of arbitrary systems of diagonal quadratic form equations, by proving the assertion that whenever are five squares such that the second differences satisfy for , then they must be consecutive. This answers a question of J.~Richard~B\"{u}chi.
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@article{arxiv.2412.16740,
title = {Hilbert's tenth problem for systems of diagonal quadratic forms, and B\"{u}chi's problem},
author = {Stanley Yao Xiao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.16740},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Submitted version, with some minor corrections to the proof