Hilbert's tenth problem for families of $ \mathbb{Z}_p $-extensions of
imaginary quadratic fields
Hilbert's tenth problem for families of $ \mathbb{Z}_p $-extensions of
imaginary quadratic fields
Via a novel application of Iwasawa theory, we study Hilbert's tenth problem for number fields occurring in $\mathbb{Z}_p$-towers of imaginary quadratic fields $K$. For a odd prime $p$, the lines $(a,b) \in \mathbb{P}^1(\mathbb{Z}_p)$ are identified with $\mathbb{Z}_p$-extensions $ K_{a,b}/K $. Under certain conditions on $ K $ that involve explicit …