Quartic polynomials in two variables do not represent all non-negative integers

Abstract: In this paper, we prove that there does not exist

F i n m a t h b b Q [x, y]

of degree

4

such that

F (m a t h b b Z^{2}) = m a t h b b Z_{g e q 0}

. In particular, this answers a question by John S. Lew and Bjorn Poonen for quartic polynomials.

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