Linear equations with unknowns from a multiplicative group in a function field

Details Linear equations with unknowns from a multiplicative group in a function field Linear equations with unknowns from a multiplicative group in a function field

2004-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/math/0401231v1

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Number Theory

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Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0, let K/k be a transcendental extension of arbitrary transcendence degree and let G be a multiplicative subgroup of (K^*)^n such that (k^*)^n is contained in G, and G/(k^*)^n has finite rank r. We consider linear equations a1x1+...+anxn=1 (*) with fixed non-zero coefficients a1,...,an from K, and with unknowns (x1,...,xn) from the group G. Such a solution is called degenerate if there is a subset of a1x1,...,anxn whose sum equals 0. Two solutions (x1,...,xn), (y1,...,yn) are said to belong to the same (k^*)^n-coset if there are c1,...,cn in k^* such that y1=c1*x1,...,yn=cn*xn. We show that the non-degenerate solutions of (*) lie in at most 1+C(3,2)^r+C(4,2)^r+...+C(n+1,2)^r (k^*)^n-cosets, where C(a,b) denotes the binomial coefficient a choose b.

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