The analogue of Büchi's problem for function fields

Details The analogue of Büchi's problem for function fields The analogue of Büchi's problem for function fields

2010-04-05

arxiv.org/abs/1004.0731v1

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Number Theory

23 pages

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B\"uchi's $n$ Squares Problem asks for an integer $M$ such that any sequence $(x_0,...,x_{M-1})$, whose second difference of squares is the constant sequence $(2)$ (i.e. $x^2_n-2x^2_{n-1}+x_{n-2}^2=2$ for all $n$), satisfies $x_n^2=(x+n)^2$ for some integer $x$. Hensley's problem for $r$-th powers (where $r$ is an integer $\geq2$) is a generalization of B\"{u}chi's problem asking for an integer $M$ such that, given integers $\nu$ and $a$, the quantity $(\nu+n)^r-a$ cannot be an $r$-th power for $M$ or more values of the integer $n$, unless $a=0$. The analogues of these problems for rings of functions consider only sequences with at least one non-constant term. Let $K$ be a function field of a curve of genus $g$. We prove that Hensley's problem for $r$-th powers has a positive answer for any $r$ if $K$ has characteristic zero, improving results by Pasten and Vojta. In positive characteristic $p$ we obtain a weaker result, but which is enough to prove that B\"uchi's problem has a positive answer if $p\geq 312g+169$ (improving results by Pheidas and the second author).

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