Undecidability, unit groups, and some totally imaginary infinite extensions of Q

Abstract

We produce new examples of totally imaginary infinite extensions of Q which have undecidable first-order theory by generalizing the methods used by Martinez-Ranero, Utreras and Videla for Q(2). In particular, we use parametrized families of polynomials whose roots are totally real units to apply methods originally developed to prove the undecidability of totally real fields. This proves the undecidability of Q(d)ab for all d ≥ 2.

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