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Hilbert's tenth problem in Anticyclotomic towers of number fields

Number Theory 2024-04-12 v2 Logic

Abstract

Let KK be an imaginary quadratic field and pp be an odd prime which splits in KK. Let E1E_1 and E2E_2 be elliptic curves over KK such that the Gal(Kˉ/K)Gal(\bar{K}/K)-modules E1[p]E_1[p] and E2[p]E_2[p] are isomorphic. We show that under certain explicit additional conditions on E1E_1 and E2E_2, the anticyclotomic Zp\mathbb{Z}_p-extension KantiK_{anti} of KK is integrally diophantine over KK. When such conditions are satisfied, we deduce new cases of Hilbert's tenth problem. In greater detail, the conditions imply that Hilbert's tenth problem is unsolvable for all number fields that are contained in KantiK_{anti}. We illustrate our results by constructing an explicit example for p=3p=3 and K=Q(5)K=\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-5}).

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@article{arxiv.2302.04157,
  title  = {Hilbert's tenth problem in Anticyclotomic towers of number fields},
  author = {Anwesh Ray and Tom Weston},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.04157},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Version 2: Theorem 1.5 is now unconditional; paper accepted for publication in Transactions of the American Math Society