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Quadratic points on the Fermat quartic over number fields

Number Theory 2026-05-07 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let CC be a curve defined over a number field KK. A point PC(Q)P\in C(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}) is called KK-quadratic if [K(P):K]=2[K(P):K]=2. Let KK be a number field such that the rank of the elliptic curves E1:y2=x3+4xE_1:\,y^2= x^3 + 4x and E2:y2=x34xE_2:\,y^2= x^3 - 4x over KK are 00. Under the above condition, we prove that the set of KK-quadratic points on the Fermat quartic F4 ⁣:X4+Y4=Z4F_4\colon X^4+Y^4=Z^4 is finite and computable and we provide a procedure to compute this finite set. In particular, we explicitly compute all the KK-quadratic points if [K:Q]<8[K:\mathbb{Q}]<8. Moreover, if the degree of KK is odd, we prove that all the KK-quadratic points corresponds just to the Q\mathbb{Q}-quadratic points

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@article{arxiv.2602.01398,
  title  = {Quadratic points on the Fermat quartic over number fields},
  author = {Enrique González-Jiménez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.01398},
  year   = {2026}
}

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To appear in Acta Arithmetica

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