DIOPHANTINE EQUATIONS OF THE FORM OVER FUNCTION FIELDS

Publication date 14 November 2023

Abstract: Let

e l l

and

p

be (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers and

F

be a global function field of characteristic

e l l

with field of constants

k a p p a

. Assume that there exists a prime

P_{i} n f t y

of

F

which has degree

1

, and let

m a t h c a l O_{F}

be the subring of

F

consisting of functions with no poles away from

P_{i} n f t y

. Let

f (X)

be a polynomial in

X

with coefficients in

k a p p a

. We study solutions to diophantine equations of the form

Y^{n} = f (X)

which lie in

m a t h c a l O_{F}

, and in particular, show that if

m

and

f (X)

satisfy additional conditions, then there are no non-constant solutions. The results obtained apply to the study of solutions to

Y^{n} = f (X)

in certain rings of integers in

m a t h b b Z_{p}

-extensions of

F

known as constant

m a t h b b Z_{p}

-extensions. We prove similar results for solutions in the polynomial ring

K [T_{1}, d o t s, T_{r}]

, where

K

is any field of characteristic

e l l

, showing that the only solutions must lie in

K

. We apply our methods to study solutions of diophantine equations of the form

Y^{n} = s u m_{i = 1}^{d} (X + i r)^{m}

, where

m, n, d g e q 2

are integers.

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