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arxiv: 1106.4912 · v1 · pith:QRHVIYYCnew · submitted 2011-06-24 · 🧮 math.LO · math.NT

Hilbert's Tenth Problem for rational function fields over p-adic fields

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Let K be a p-adic field (a finite extension of some Q_p) and let K(t) be the field of rational functions over K. We define a kind of quadratic reciprocity symbol for polynomials over K and apply it to prove isotropy for a certain class of quadratic forms over K(t). Using this result, we give an existential definition for the predicate "v_t(x) >= 0" in K(t). This implies undecidability of diophantine equations over K(t).

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