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Fermat’s equation for matrices or quaternions over \(q\)-adic fields. (English) Zbl 1053.11026

Let \(n\) be a positive integer with \(n> 1\). In this paper the author considers the existence of solutions \((X,Y,Z)\) of the equation \(X^n+ Y^n= Z^n\) which are square matrices or quaternions over the field \(\mathbb{Q}_p\) of \(p\)-adic numbers.

MSC:

11D41 Higher degree equations; Fermat’s equation
11D88 \(p\)-adic and power series fields
11S45 Algebras and orders, and their zeta functions