On the asymptotic Fermat's Last Theorem over number fields

Mehment Haluk Şengün, Samir Siksek

Published 2016-09-14Version 1

Assuming two deep but standard conjectures from the Langlands Programme, we prove that the asymptotic Fermat's Last Theorem holds for imaginary quadratic fields $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-d})$ with $-d \equiv 2$, $3 \pmod{4}$. For a general number field $K$, again assuming standard conjectures, we give a criterion based on the solutions to a certain $S$-unit equation, which if satisfied implies the asymptotic Fermat's Last Theorem.