Remarks on Hilbert's tenth problem and the Iwasawa theory of elliptic curves

Abstract

Let $E$ be an elliptic curve with positive rank over a number field $K$ and let $p$ be an odd prime number. Let $K_{cyc}$ be the cyclotomic ${\mathbb{Z}}_p$-extension of $K$ and $K_n$ denote its $n$-th layer. The Mordell--Weil rank of $E$ is said to be constant in the cyclotomic tower of $K$ if for all $n$, the rank of $E(K_n)$ is equal to the rank of $E(K)$. We apply techniques in Iwasawa theory to obtain explicit conditions for the rank of an elliptic curve to be constant in the above sense. We then indicate the potential applications to Hilbert's tenth problem for number rings.

10 pages, accepted for publication Bull. Australian Math. Soc

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• Hilbert's tenth problem in Anticyclotomic towers of number fields