Chevalley's class number formula, unit equations and the asymptotic Fermat's Last Theorem

Let $F$ be a number field and $\mathcal{O}_F$ its ring of integers. We use Chevalley's ambiguous class number formula to give a criterion for the non-existence of solutions to the unit equation $λ+ μ= 1$, $λ, μ\in \mathcal{O}_F^\times$. This is then used to strengthen a criterion for the asymptotic Fermat's Last Theorem due to Freitas and Siksek.

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