The asymptotic Fermat conjecture over number fields

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Let KK be a number field. A solution (x,y,z)∈K3(x,y,z)\in K^3 of the Fermat equation

xp+yp+zp=0x^p+y^p+z^p=0

is trivial if xyz=0xyz=0 and non-trivial otherwise. The asymptotic Fermat conjecture. If ζ3∉K\zeta_3\notin K, then there exists a constant BK\mathcal{B}_K, depending only on KK, such that for every prime p>BKp>\mathcal{B}_K, all solutions in K3K^3 are trivial. This conjecture predicts that, over number fields not containing a primitive third root of unity, non-trivial Fermat solutions occur only for bounded prime exponents; it is known for various classes of fields but remains open in general.

References

Primary source

Ekin Ozman and Samir Siksek, “S-Unit Equations and the Asymptotic Fermat Conjecture over Number Fields”, arXiv:2003.11289 (2020).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2019–2020). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1908.11690.

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