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HTP-complete rings of rational numbers

Logic 2021-11-19 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

For a ring RR, Hilbert's Tenth Problem HTP(R)HTP(R) is the set of polynomial equations over RR, in several variables, with solutions in RR. We view HTPHTP as an enumeration operator, mapping each set WW of prime numbers to HTP(Z[W1])HTP(\mathbb Z[W^{-1}]), which is naturally viewed as a set of polynomials in Z[X1,X2,]\mathbb Z[X_1,X_2,\ldots]. It is known that for almost all WW, the jump WW' does not 11-reduce to HTP(RW)HTP(R_W). In contrast, we show that every Turing degree contains a set WW for which such a 11-reduction does hold: these WW are said to be "HTP-complete." Continuing, we derive additional results regarding the impossibility that a decision procedure for WW' from HTP(Z[W1])HTP(\mathbb Z[W^{-1}]) can succeed uniformly on a set of measure 11, and regarding the consequences for the boundary sets of the HTPHTP operator in case Z\mathbb Z has an existential definition in Q\mathbb Q.

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@article{arxiv.1907.03147,
  title  = {HTP-complete rings of rational numbers},
  author = {Russell Miller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.03147},
  year   = {2021}
}