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Hilbert's tenth problem is the tenth on the list of mathematical problems that the German mathematician David Hilbert posed in 1900. It is the challenge to provide a general algorithm that, for any given Diophantine equation (a polynomial equation with integer coefficients and a finite number of unknowns), can decide whether the equation has a solution with all unknowns taking integer values.
Hilbert's tenth problem does not ask whether there exists an algorithm for deciding the solvability of Diophantine equations, but rather asks for the construction of such an algorithm: "to devise a process according to which it can be determined in a finite number of operations whether the equation is solvable in rational integers". That this ...
The Entscheidungsproblem is related to Hilbert's tenth problem, which asks for an algorithm to decide whether Diophantine equations have a solution. The non-existence of such an algorithm, established by the work of Yuri Matiyasevich , Julia Robinson , Martin Davis , and Hilary Putnam , with the final piece of the proof in 1970, also implies a ...
An abelian group with Ext 1 (A, Z) = 0 is called a Whitehead group; MA + ¬CH proves the existence of a non-free Whitehead group, while V = L proves that all Whitehead groups are free. In one of the earliest applications of proper forcing, Shelah constructed a model of ZFC + CH in which there is a non-free Whitehead group. [12] [13]
"Hilbert's Tenth Problem is Unsolvable". American Mathematical Monthly. 80 (3): 233– 269. doi:10.2307/2318447. ISSN 0002-9890. JSTOR 2318447. Zbl 0277.02008. Matiyasevich, Yuri V. (1993). Hilbert's 10th Problem. MIT Press Series in the Foundations of Computing. Foreword by Martin Davis and Hilary Putnam. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262 ...
Julia Hall Bowman Robinson (December 8, 1919 – July 30, 1985) was an American mathematician noted for her contributions to the fields of computability theory and computational complexity theory—most notably in decision problems. Her work on Hilbert's tenth problem (now known as Matiyasevich's theorem or the MRDP theorem) played a crucial ...
Jan Denef. Jan Denef (born 4 September 1951) is a Belgian mathematician.He is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven). [1]Denef obtained his PhD from KU Leuven in 1975 with a thesis on Hilbert's tenth problem; his advisors were Louis Philippe Bouckaert and Willem Kuijk.
In 1972, at the age of 25, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the unsolvability of Hilbert's tenth problem. [ 7 ] From 1974 Matiyasevich worked in scientific positions at LOMI, first as a senior researcher, in 1980 he headed the Laboratory of Mathematical Logic.