On certain algebraic curves related to polynomial maps
We study geodesic completeness for left-invariant Lorentz metrics on solvable Lie groups.
We define a notion of volume for sets definable in an o-minimal structure on an archimedean real closed field. We show that given a parametric family of continuous functions on the positive cone of an archimedean real closed field definable in an o-minimal structure, the set of parameters where the integral of the function converges is definable in the same structure.
Let α, β and γ be algebraic numbers of respective degrees a, b and c over ℚ such that α + β + γ = 0. We prove that there exist algebraic numbers α₁, β₁ and γ₁ of the same respective degrees a, b and c over ℚ such that α₁ β₁ γ₁ = 1. This proves a previously formulated conjecture. We also investigate the problem of describing the set of triplets (a,b,c) ∈ ℕ³ for which there exist finite field extensions K/k and L/k (of a fixed field k) of degrees a and b, respectively, such that the degree of the...
Let mℤd ≀ mℤd ≀ mℤd ≀ m
Motivated by recent work of Florian Pop, we study the connections between three notions of equivalence of function fields: isomorphism, elementary equivalence, and the condition that each of a pair of fields can be embedded in the other, which we call isogeny. Some of our results are purely geometric: we give an isogeny classification of Severi-Brauer varieties and quadric surfaces. These results are applied to deduce new instances of “elementary equivalence implies isomorphism”: for all genus zero...