Hilbert's Tenth problem for function fields of varieties over number fields and \(p\)-adic fields (Q875926): Difference between revisions

Hilbert's tenth problem (HTP) for a commutative ring \(R\) with coefficients in a recursive subring \(A\) of \(R\) is the question of the existence of an algorithm which, given any polynomial equation with coefficients in \(A\), determines whether the equation has solutions in \(R\). Let \(k\) be a subfield of a finite field extension of \(\mathbb{Q}_p\) with \(p\) odd, and let \(R\) be a finite field extension of a rational function field \(k(t, t_2, \dots, t_n)\). The author of the paper under review proves that there exist finitely many elements \(c_1, \dots, c_m\) of \(k(t)\), not all constants, such that HTP for \(R\) with coefficients in \(A := \mathbb{Z}[c_1, \dots, c_m]\) is undecidable. To obtain this very interesting result as a consequence of the undecidability of the existential theory of the structure \((\mathbb{Z}, 0, 1, +, \cdot)\), the author constructs a diophantine model of \((\mathbb{Z}, 0, 1, +, \cdot)\) over \(R\) with coefficients in \(A\) using and extending some basic results due to \textit{J. Denef} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 242, 391--399 (1978; Zbl 0399.10048)], \textit{K. H. Kim, F. W. Roush} [J. Algebra 176, No. 1, 83--110 (1995; Zbl 0858.12006)], and \textit{L. Moret-Bailly} [J. Reine Angew. Math. 587, 77--143 (2005; Zbl 1085.14029)] concerning elliptic curves and HTP for algebraic function fields.