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A diophantine equation over a function field

Part of: Surfaces and higher-dimensional varieties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

J. W. S. Cassels
J. W. S. Cassels
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics 16 Mill Lane Cambridge CB2 1SB, United Kingdom
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Abstract

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Let x0, x1, x2, x3 be polynomials in a variable t and with coefficients in a field k of character of characteristic 0. If and , then x0 = x1 = x2 = x3 = 0. This partially answers a question of Pjatetskii-Š;apiro and Šafarevič about the K3-surface . The proof uses a technique of M. R. Christie.

MSC classification

Secondary: 14J25: Special surfaces
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , June 1978 , pp. 489 - 496
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1978

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