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We study one-variable equations over the lamplighter group $\MZ_2 \wr \MZ$. While the decidability of arbitrary equations over $L_2$ remains open, we prove that the Diophantine problem for single equations in one variable is decidable. Our…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Alexander Ushakov , Yankun Wang

We prove that arithmetic is interpretable in any indecomposable polynomial ring (in any set of variables), and in addition we provide an alternative uniform proof of undecidability for all members in this class of rings.

Logic · Mathematics 2023-09-28 Marco Barone , Nicolás Caro-Montoya , Eudes Naziazeno

This paper initiates a novel research direction in the theory of Diophantine equations: define an appropriate version of the equation's size, order all polynomial Diophantine equations starting from the smallest ones, and then solve the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2022-04-15 Bogdan Grechuk

We show that the Diophantine problem(decidability of equations) is undecidable in free associative algebras over any field and in the group algebras over any field of a wide variety of torsion free groups, including toral relatively…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-06-28 Olga Kharlampovich , Alexei Myasnikov

Julia Robinson has given a first-order definition of the rational integers Z in the rational numbers Q by a formula (\forall \exists \forall \exists)(F=0) where the \forall-quantifiers run over a total of 8 variables, and where F is a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gunther Cornelissen , Karim Zahidi

In this paper we prove undecidability of finite systems of equations in free Lie algebras of rank at least three over an arbitrary field. We show that the ring of integers $\mathbb{Z}$ is interpretable by positive existential formulas in…

Logic · Mathematics 2017-08-25 Olga Kharlampovich , Alexei Myasnikov

Let $K= \mathbf{Q}(\sqrt{d})$ be a quadratic field and $\mathcal{O}_{K}$ be its ring of integers. We study the solvability of the Diophantine equation $r + s + t = rst = 2$ in $\mathcal{O}_{K}$. We prove that except for $d= -7, -1, 17$ and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-05-31 Richa Sharma

We give a proof of Ollinger's conjecture that the problem of tiling the plane with translated copies of a set of $8$ polyominoes is undecidable. The techniques employed in our proof include a different orientation for simulating the Wang…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-10 Chao Yang , Zhujun Zhang

We show that under Dickson's conjecture about the distribution of primes in the natural numbers, the theory Th(Z,+,1,0,Pr) where Pr is a predicate for the prime numbers and their negations is decidable, unstable and supersimple. This is in…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Itay Kaplan , Saharon Shelah

We prove that the Diophantine problem for orientable quadratic equations in free metabelian groups is decidable and furthermore, NP-complete. In the case when the number of variables in the equation is bounded, the problem is decidable in…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-18 Igor Lysenok , Alexander Ushakov

We formalise the undecidability of solvability of Diophantine equations, i.e. polynomial equations over natural numbers, in Coq's constructive type theory. To do so, we give the first full mechanisation of the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Dominique Larchey-Wendling , Yannick Forster

Most integers are composite and most univariate polynomials over a finite field are reducible. The Prime Number Theorem and a classical result of Gau{\ss} count the remaining ones, approximately and exactly. For polynomials in two or more…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2014-07-14 Joachim von zur Gathen , Konstantin Ziegler

In the 60's, Berger famously showed that translational tilings of $\mathbb{Z}^2$ with multiple tiles are algorithmically undecidable. Recently, Bhattacharya proved the decidability of translational monotilings (tilings by translations of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-26 Rachel Greenfeld , Terence Tao

The translational tiling problem, dated back to Wang's domino problem in the 1960s, is one of the most representative undecidable problems in the field of discrete geometry and combinatorics. Ollinger initiated the study of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-25 Chao Yang , Zhujun Zhang

In this paper we provide criteria for the insolvability of the Diophantine equation $x^2+D=y^n$. This result is then used to determine the class number of the quadratic field $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-D})$. We also determine some criteria for the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-27 Azizul Hoque , Helen K. Saikia

We obtain an essentially optimal estimate for the moment of order 32/3 of the exponential sum having argument $\alpha x^3+\beta x^2$. Subject to modest local solubility hypotheses, we thereby establish that pairs of diagonal Diophantine…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Trevor D. Wooley

To study the fixed parameter undecidability of tiling problem for a set of Wang tiles, Jeandel and Rolin show that the tiling problem for a set of 44 Wang bars is undecidable. In this paper, we improve their result by proving that whether a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-07 Chao Yang , Zhujun Zhang

We study relationship among versions of the Knapsack Problem where variables take values in Z and the number of them is fixed. In particular, we construct a finitely presented group where the problem of solvability of exponential equations…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-05-17 Oleg Bogopolski , Aleksander Ivanov

For a finitely generated group $G$, the \emph{Diophantine problem} over $G$ is the algorithmic problem of deciding whether a given equation $W(z_1,z_2,\ldots,z_k) = 1$ (perhaps restricted to a fixed subclass of equations) has a solution in…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Richard Mandel , Alexander Ushakov

We show that there exists no algorithm that decides for any bilinear system $(B,v)$ if the growth rate of $(B,v)$ is $1$. This answers a question of Bui who showed that if the coefficients are positive the growth rate is computable (i.e.,…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Matthieu Rosenfeld