Quadratic sequences of powers and Mohanty's conjecture

DOI10.1142/S1793042118500306zbMATH Open1420.11065arXiv1610.05340WikidataQ122920620 ScholiaQ122920620MaRDI QIDQ3133127FDOQ3133127

Authors: Natalia Garcia-Fritz 

Publication date: 13 February 2018

Published in: International Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove under the Bombieri-Lang conjecture for surfaces that there is an absolute bound on the length of sequences of integer squares with constant second differences, for sequences which are not formed by the squares of integers in arithmetic progression. This answers a question proposed in 2010 by J. Browkin and J. Brzezinski, and independently by E. Gonzalez-Jimenez and X. Xarles. We also show that under the Bombieri-Lang conjecture for surfaces, for every $kgeq3$ there is an absolute bound on the length of sequences formed by $k$-th powers with constant second differences. This gives a conditional result on one of Mohanty's conjectures on arithmetic progressions in Mordell's elliptic curves $y^2=x^3+b$. Moreover, we obtain an unconditional result regarding infinite families of such arithmetic progressions. We also study the case of hyperelliptic curves of the form $y^2=x^k+b$. These results are proved by unconditionally finding all curves of genus $0$ or $1$ on certain surfaces of general type. Moreover, we prove the unconditional analogues of these arithmetic results for function fields by finding all the curves of low genus on these surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.05340

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zbMATH Keywords

function field arithmeticcurves of low genusquadratic sequencesMohanty's conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rational points (14G05) Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41) Arithmetic theory of algebraic function fields (11R58)

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