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The existence of non-effectivizable estimates in the theory of exponential Diophantine equations
Yu. V. Matiyasevich
Abstract:
The following corrollary of the main theorem of the paper is an example of the estimates mentioned in the title:
There is a particular polynomial
$A(a,x_1,\dots,x_{\nu})$ with integer coefficients meeting the following two conditions. Firstly, for every natural value of the parameter
$a$ the equation
$$
A(a,x_1,\dots,x_{\nu})=y+4^y
$$
has at most one solution in natural
$x_1,\dots,x_{\nu},y$. Secondly, for every general recursive (i.e., effectively computable) function
$C$ there is a value of the parameter
$a$ for which there is a solution
$x_1,\dots,x_{\nu},y$ of the above equation such that
$$
\max\{x_1,\dots,x_{\nu},y\}>C(a)
$$
The main theorem states that for every recursively enumerable predicate
$P(a_1,\dots,a_{\lambda})$ there are expressions
$\mathfrak A$ and
$\mathfrak L$ built up from natural numbers and variables
$a_1,\dots,a_{\lambda}$,
$z_1,\dots,z_{\chi}$
by addition, multiplication and exponentation such that
$$
P(a_1,\dots,a_{\lambda})\Leftrightarrow(\exists z_1\dotsb z_{\chi})[\mathfrak A=\mathfrak L_1]\Leftrightarrow(\exists!z_1\dotsb z_{\chi})[\mathfrak A=\mathfrak L_1].
$$
A possibility to obtain similar results for Diophantine equations is discussed.
UDC:
51.01:518.5+
519.1