On Darmon’s program for the generalized Fermat equation, II
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Abstract
We obtain additional Diophantine applications of the methods surrounding Darmon’s program for the generalized Fermat equation developed in the first part of this series of papers. As a first application, we use a multi-Frey approach combining two Frey elliptic curves over totally real fields, a Frey hyperelliptic curve over <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper Q"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Q</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {Q}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> due to Kraus, and ideas from the Darmon program to give a complete resolution of the generalized Fermat equation <disp-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="x Superscript 7 Baseline plus y Superscript 7 Baseline equals 3 z Superscript n"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mn>7</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>y</mml:mi> <mml:mn>7</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>z</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\begin{equation*} x^7 + y^7 = 3 z^n \end{equation*}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </disp-formula> for all integers <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="n greater-than-or-equal-to 2"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo> ≥ </mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n \ge 2</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . Moreover, we explain how the use of higher dimensional Frey abelian varieties allows a more efficient proof of this result due to additional structures that they afford, compared to using only Frey elliptic curves. As a second application, we use some of these additional structures that Frey abelian varieties possess to show that a full resolution of the generalized Fermat equation <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="x Superscript 7 Baseline plus y Superscript 7 Baseline equals z Superscript n"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mn>7</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>y</mml:mi> <mml:mn>7</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>z</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">x^7 + y^7 = z^n</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> depends only on the Cartan case of Darmon’s big image conjecture. In the process, we solve the previous equation for solutions <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="left-parenthesis a comma b comma c right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(a,b,c)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> such that <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="a"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">a</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> and <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="b"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">b</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> satisfy certain <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="2"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">2</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> - or <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="7"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>7</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">7</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -adic conditions and all <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="n greater-than-or-equal-to 2"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo> ≥ </mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n \ge 2</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> .
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".