Fermat's equation over the tower of cyclotomic fields

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, , Citation V A Kolyvagin 2001 Izv. Math. 65 503 DOI 10.1070/IM2001v065n03ABEH000337

1064-5632/65/3/503

Abstract

Let be a prime, let let  be the maximal real subfield of , and let  be the maximal -subextension of . We define effectively calculable integer-valued functions , and such that , where  is the index of irregularity of . For we prove the first case of Fermat's theorem for , and . We obtain explicit lower estimates for , and . For regular  (when ) we prove the second case of Fermat's theorem for and  and Fermat's theorem for and , generalizing the classical result on the validity of Fermat's theorem for  and regular . We also obtain some other results on solutions of Fermat's equation over , and .

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10.1070/IM2001v065n03ABEH000337