The halting problem and Diophantine equation

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The halting problem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem) has been shown to be equivalent to the problem of determining whether a given Diophantine equation has solutions.

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Deciding whether a given Diophantine equation has a solution is Hilbert's tenth problem.

What you're looking for is Matiyasevich's theorem

A good reference is this survey from Jochen Koenigsmann.