On the asymptotic Fermat's last theorem over number fields (Q1645344)

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On the asymptotic Fermat's last theorem over number fields
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    On the asymptotic Fermat's last theorem over number fields (English)
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    28 June 2018
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    Summary: Let \(K\) be a number field, \(S\) be the set of primes of \(K\) above 2 and \(T\) the subset of primes above 2 having inertial degree 1. Suppose that \(T \neq \emptyset\), and moreover, that for every solution \((\lambda,\mu)\) to the \(S\)-unit equation \[ \lambda+\mu=1, \quad \lambda, \mu \in \mathcal{O}_S^\times, \] there is some \(\mathfrak{P} \in T\) such that \(\max\{ \nu_{\mathfrak{P}}(\lambda),\nu_{\mathfrak{P}}(\mu)\} \leq 4 \nu_{\mathfrak{P}}(2)\). Assuming two deep but standard conjectures from the Langlands programme, we prove the asymptotic Fermat's last theorem over \(K\): there is some \(B_K\) such that for all prime exponents \(p > B_K\) the only solutions to \(x^p+y^p+z^p=0\) with \(x, y, z \in K\) satisfy \(xyz=0\). We deduce that the asymptotic Fermat's last theorem holds for imaginary quadratic fields \(\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-d})\) with \(-d \equiv 2, 3 \pmod 4\) squarefree.
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    Fermat equation
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    Bianchi modular forms
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    Galois representations
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