Some applications of the Hales-Jewett theorem to field arithmetic (Q375495)

The authors of the paper under review starts with the following conjecture and use the Hales-Jewett Theorem to prove if \(K\) is neither finite nor of characteristic 2, then every hyperelliptic curve over \(K\) with all of its Weierstrass points defined over \(K\) has infinitely many \(K\)-points. Plus, if \(K\) is a field which is not an algebraic extension of a finite field, then every elliptic curve over it with all of its 2-torsion rational has infinite rank over \(K\). Conjecture (Larsen). If \(K\) is a field which is not an algebraic extension of a finite field and such that Gal\((K^{sep}/K)\) is topologically finitely generated, then every non-trivial elliptic curve \(E/K\) has infinite rank over \(K\). [\textit{T. Dokchitser} and \textit{V. Dokchitser}, Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 41, No. 6, 1002--1008 (2009; Zbl 1247.11084)] [\textit{G. Frey} and \textit{M. Jarden}, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 28, 112--128 (1974; Zbl 0275.14021)].