First-order definitions of rational functions and S-integers over holomorphy rings of algebraic functions of characteristic 0

We consider the problem of constructing first-order definitions in the language of rings of holomorphy rings of one-variable function fields of characteristic 0 in their integral closures in finite extensions of their fraction fields and in bigger holomorphy subrings of their fraction fields. This line of questions is motivated by similar existential definability results over global fields and related questions of Diophantine decidability. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.