Three-variable squared-argument undecidability conjecture for exponential Diophantine equations

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An exponential Diophantine equation over Q\mathbb Q is an equation built using variables, rational constants, arithmetic operations, and exponentiation with nonnegative base and exponent. Three-variable undecidability conjecture. There is no algorithm that, given any exponential Diophantine equation

F(x,y,z)=0,F(x,y,z)=0,

can decide whether

F(x2,y2,z2)=0F(x^2,y^2,z^2)=0

for some x,y,z∈Qx,y,z\in\mathbb Q.

The conjecture seeks to reduce the number of unknowns in the corresponding undecidability result from ten to three; the source notes that the ten-variable bound is not believed to be optimal, but that improving it appears challenging.

References

Primary source

Zhi-Wei Sun, “On exponential diophantine equations over Q with few unknowns”, arXiv:2112.00620 (2021).

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