Uniform existential definitions of valuations in function fields in one variable

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Becher, Karim Johannes, Daans, Nicolas, Dittmann, Philip
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866916962081177600
author Becher, Karim Johannes
Daans, Nicolas
Dittmann, Philip
author_facet Becher, Karim Johannes
Daans, Nicolas
Dittmann, Philip
contents We study function fields of curves over a base field $K$ which is either a global field or a large field having a separable field extension of degree divisible by $4$. We show that, for any such function field, Hilbert's 10th Problem has a negative answer, the valuation rings containing $K$ are uniformly existentially definable, and finitely generated integrally closed $K$-subalgebras are definable by a universal-existential formula. In order to obtain these results, we develop further the usage of local-global principles for quadratic forms in function fields to definability of certain subrings. We include a first systematic presentation of this general method, without restriction on the characteristic.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2311_06044
institution arXiv
publishDate 2023
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Uniform existential definitions of valuations in function fields in one variable
Becher, Karim Johannes
Daans, Nicolas
Dittmann, Philip
Number Theory
12L05, 12L99, 11E81, 12F20
We study function fields of curves over a base field $K$ which is either a global field or a large field having a separable field extension of degree divisible by $4$. We show that, for any such function field, Hilbert's 10th Problem has a negative answer, the valuation rings containing $K$ are uniformly existentially definable, and finitely generated integrally closed $K$-subalgebras are definable by a universal-existential formula. In order to obtain these results, we develop further the usage of local-global principles for quadratic forms in function fields to definability of certain subrings. We include a first systematic presentation of this general method, without restriction on the characteristic.
title Uniform existential definitions of valuations in function fields in one variable
topic Number Theory
12L05, 12L99, 11E81, 12F20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.06044