Diophantine Undecidability of Holomorphy Rings of Function Fields of Characteristic 0

Abstract

Let $K$ be a one-variable function field over a field of constants of characteristic 0. Let $R$ be a holomorphy subring of $K$, not equal to $K$. We prove the following undecidability results for $R$: If $K$ is recursive, then Hilbert's Tenth Problem is undecidable in $R$. In general, there exist $x_1,...,x_n \in R$ such that there is no algorithm to tell whether a polynomial equation with coefficients in \Q(x_1,...,x_n) has solutions in $R$.Comment: This version contains minor revisions and will appear in Annales de l Institut Fourie