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On second case of Strong Fermat's Last Theorem conjecture

Number Theory 2013-05-30 v3

Abstract

This article deals with a conjecture, introduced in [GQ] (hereinafter SFLT2SFLT2), which generalizes the second case of Fermat's Last Theorem: {\it Let p>3p>3 be a prime. The diophantine equation up+vpu+v=w1p\frac{u^p+v^p}{u+v}=w_1^p with u,v,u+v,w1Z\{0}u,v,u+v, w_1\in\Z\backslash\{0\}, u,vu,v coprime and v0modpv\equiv 0 \mod p has no solution.} Let ζ\zeta be a ppth primitive root of unity and K:=\Q(ζ)K:=\Q(\zeta). A prime qq is said {\it pp-principal} if the class of any prime ideal qK\mathfrak q_K of KK over qq is a pp-power of a class. Assume that SFLT2SFLT2 fails for (p,u,v)(p,u,v). Let qq be any odd prime coprime with puvpuv, ff the order of qmodpq\mod p, nn the order of vumodq\frac{v}{u}\mod q, ξ\xi a primitive nnth root of unity, q\mathfrak q the prime ideal (q,uξv)(q,u\xi-v) of \Q(ξ)\Q(\xi). In this complement of the article [GQ] revisiting some works of Vandiver, we prove that, if qq is {\it pp-principal} and n2pn\not=2p then (1+ξζk1+ξζ)(qf1)/p1modqfork=1,,p1.\Big(\frac{1+\xi\zeta^k}{1+\xi\zeta}\Big)^{(q^f-1)/p}\equiv 1\mod \mathfrak q for k=1,\dots,p-1. We shall derive, by example, of this congruence that, for pp sufficiently large, a very large number of primes should divide vv. In an other hand we shall show that if qq is any prime of order fmodpf\mod p dividing (up+vp)(u^p+v^p) then (1ζ)(qf1)/pp(qf1)/pmodq,(1-\zeta)^{(q^f-1)/p}\equiv p^{-(q^f-1)/p}\mod q, and a result of same nature if qq divides upvpu^p-v^p, which reinforces strongly the first and second theorem of Furtw\"angler. The principle of proof relies on the pp-Hilbert class field theory. Keywords: Fermat's Last Theorem; cyclotomic fields; cyclotomic units; class field theory; Vandiver's and Furtw\"angler's theorems

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@article{arxiv.1304.6168,
  title  = {On second case of Strong Fermat's Last Theorem conjecture},
  author = {Roland Quême},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.6168},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Update of version 1, 2013 Apr 23, modifications of Abstract and Main result subsection, replacement of p- power symbols formula by congruences formula in some theorems, new corollaries 2.4 and 2.6. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1109.0956