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Quartic points on the Fermat quintic

Number Theory 2017-06-13 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we study the algebraic points of degree 44 over Q\mathbb{Q} on the Fermat curve F5/QF_5/\mathbb{Q} of equation x5+y5+z5=0x^5+y^5+z^5=0. A geometrical description of these points has been given in 1997 by Klassen and Tzermias. Using their result, as well as Bruin's work about diophantine equations of signature (5,5,2)(5,5,2), we give here an algebraic description of these points. In particular, we prove there is only one Galois extension of Q\mathbb{Q} of degree 44 that arises as the field of definition of a non-trivial point of F5F_5.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1706.03569,
  title  = {Quartic points on the Fermat quintic},
  author = {Alain Kraus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.03569},
  year   = {2017}
}
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