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arxiv: 0709.1739 · v2 · submitted 2007-09-12 · 🧮 math.NT · math.LO

Undecidability in function fields of positive characteristic

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We prove that the first-order theory of any function field K of characteristic p>2 is undecidable in the language of rings without parameters. When K is a function field in one variable whose constant field is algebraic over a finite field, we can also prove undecidability in characteristic 2. The proof uses a result by Moret-Bailly about ranks of elliptic curves over function fields.

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