Polynomial parametrizations of length $4$ B\"uchi sequences
Abstract
B\"uchi's problem asks whether there exists a positive integer such that any sequence of at least integers, whose second difference of squares is the constant sequence , satisifies for some . A positive answer to B\"uchi's problem would imply that there is no algorithm to decide whether or not an arbitrary system of quadratic diagonal forms over can represent an arbitrary given vector of integers. We give explicitly an infinite family of polynomial parametrizations of non-trivial length B\"uchi sequences of integers. In turn, these parametrizations give an explicit infinite family of curves (which we suspect to be hyperelliptic) with the following property: any integral point on one of these curves would give a length non-trivial B\"uchi sequence of integers (it is not known whether any such sequence exists).
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@article{arxiv.1008.2994,
title = {Polynomial parametrizations of length $4$ B\"uchi sequences},
author = {Xavier Vidaux},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.2994},
year = {2010}
}
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17 pages, 1 figure