Uncomputably Large Integral Points on Algebraic Plane Curves?

dc.creatorRojas, J. Maurice
dc.date1998-09-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:25:52Z
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dc.descriptionWe show that the decidability of an amplification of Hilbert's Tenth Problem in three variables implies the existence of uncomputably large integral points on certain algebraic curves. We obtain this as a corollary of a new positive complexity result: the Diophantine prefixes EAE and EEAE are generically decidable. This means, taking the former prefix as an example, that we give a precise geometric classification of those polynomials f in Z[v,x,y] for which the question... ``Does there exists a v in N such that for all x in N, there exists a y in N with f(v,x,y)=0?'' ...may be undecidable, and we show that this set of polynomials is quite small in a rigourous sense. (The decidability of EAE was previously an open question.) The analogous result for the prefix EEAE is even stronger. We thus obtain a connection between the decidability of certain Diophantine problems, height bounds for points on curves, and the geometry of certain complex surfaces and 3-folds.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/9809009
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/9809009
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/77346
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subjectComputational Complexity
dc.subjectSymbolic Computation
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subjectLogic
dc.subject03D35, 11D72, 14G99; 11G30, 14H99, 14J26
dc.titleUncomputably Large Integral Points on Algebraic Plane Curves?
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