Coefficient fields and scalar extension in positive characteristic

HYPERTRANSCENDENTAL FORMAL POWER SERIES OVER FIELDS OF POSITIVE CHARACTERISTIC

Let $K$ be a field of characteristic$p>0$, $K[[x]]$, the ring of formal power series over $ K$,$K((x))$, the quotient field of $ K[[x]]$, and $ K(x)$ the fieldof rational functions over $K$. We shall give somecharacterizations of an algebraic function $fin K((x))$ over $K$.Let $L$ be a field of characteristic zero. The power series $finL[[x]]$ is called differentially algebraic, if it satisfies...

Undecidability in Function Fields of Positive Characteristic

We prove that the first-order theory of any function field K of characteristic p > 2 is undecidable in the language of rings without parameters. When K is a function field in one variable whose constant field is algebraic over a finite field, we can also prove undecidability in characteristic 2. The proof uses a result by Moret-Bailly about ranks of elliptic curves over function fields.

Undecidability in Function Fields of Positive Characteristic

We prove that the first-order theory of any function field K of characteristic p > 2 is undecidable in the language of rings without parameters. When K is a function field in one variable whose constant field is algebraic over a finite field, we can also prove undecidability in characteristic 2. The proof uses a result by Moret-Bailly about ranks of elliptic curves over function fields.

On Stable Fields in Positive Characteristic

Resonance varieties over fields of positive characteristic

Let A be a hyperplane arrangement, and k a field of arbitrary characteristic. We show that the projective degree-one resonance variety R(A, k) of A over k is ruled by lines, and identify the underlying algebraic line complex L(A, k) in the Grassmannian G(2, kn), n = |A|. L(A, k) is a union of linear line complexes corresponding to the neighborly partitions of subarrangements of A. Each linear l...