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Skolem–Mahler–Lech type theorems and Picard–Vessiot theory

Michael Wibmer (2015)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

We show that three problems involving linear difference equations with rational function coefficients are essentially equivalent. The first problem is the generalization of the classical Skolem–Mahler–Lech theorem to rational function coefficients. The second problem is whether or not for a given linear difference equation there exists a Picard–Vessiot extension inside the ring of sequences. The third problem is a certain special case of the dynamical Mordell–Lang conjecture. This allows us to deduce...

Slope filtration of quasi-unipotent overconvergent F -isocrystals

Nobuo Tsuzuki (1998)

Annales de l'institut Fourier

We study local properties of quasi-unipotent overconvergent F -isocrystals on a curve over a perfect field of positive characteristic p . For a φ - -module over the Robba ring , we define the slope filtration for Frobenius structures. We prove that an overconvergent F -isocrystal is quasi-unipotent if and only if it has the slope filtration for Frobenius structures locally at every point on the complement of the curve.

Solving quadratic equations over polynomial rings of characteristic two.

Jorgen Cherly, Luis Gallardo, Leonid Vaserstein, Ethel Wheland (1998)

Publicacions Matemàtiques

We are concerned with solving polynomial equations over rings. More precisely, given a commutative domain A with 1 and a polynomial equation antn + ...+ a0 = 0 with coefficients ai in A, our problem is to find its roots in A.We show that when A = B[x] is a polynomial ring, our problem can be reduced to solving a finite sequence of polynomial equations over B. As an application of this reduction, we obtain a finite algorithm for solving a polynomial equation over A when A is F[x1, ..., xN] or F(x1,...

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