Questions tagged [rational-points]
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How many points are there on an elliptic curve reduced at a bad prime?
Given an elliptic curve $E$ defined over $\mathbb{Z}$, and a prime $p$, I know that Hasse's theorem gives, when $p$ is a good prime, a relation between the number of solutions over $\mathbb{F}_{p^n}$ ...
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Does $(x^2 - 1)(y^2 - 1) = c z^4$ have a rational point, with z non-zero, for any given rational c?
I need this result for something else. It seems fairly hard, but I may be missing something obvious.
Just one non-trivial solution for any given $c$ would be fine (for my application).
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Rational points on smooth compactifications
Let $X$ be as smooth variety over a field $k$ of characteristic $0$.
Consider the following statements:
The variety $X$ has no $k((t))$-rational points.
No smooth compactification of $X$ has a $k$-...
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Smart elliptic curve rational point search given Reg*#Sha
Hi folks,
Let E be a global minimal model of an elliptic curve over QQ, with a
2-torsion point which generates the torsion subgroup, and with
Mordell-Weil rank 1 (under BSD). Let RegSha be equal to
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Brauer-Manin obstruction and Hasse principle
I am looking for
varieties without $\mathbf{Q}$-rational points where the absence can be explained by the Brauer-Manin obstruction, but not by the absence of adelic points
varieties without $\mathbf{...
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Ideal of real points in $\mathbb{C}[x_0,x_1,\dotsc,x_k]$
I fell a little uncomfortable with this real stuff. The question here is more general, but we can suppose $\mathbb{K}=\mathbb{R}$.
Take a set of (distinct) points in $\mathbb{P}^n$, the complex ...
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Existence of a non-trivial zero (in the rational cyclotomic field) of a form
It is well known that if a field K is quasi-algebraically closed (i.e. all forms with coefficients in K of degree d in n > d variables have a non-trivial zero in K) then it has no central divison ...
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Genus of algebraic curves with unknown degree
I am not sure if this is a valid question but posting any way:
Say I am over $\mathbb{F}_{p}$ for a prime $p$.
I have a curve of form $x^{2} = f(y)$ where $f(y)$ has an unknown form (and hence ...
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Totally rational polytopes
Define a convex polytope in $\mathbb{R}^d$ as
totally rational (my terminology)
if its vertex coordinates are rational, its edge lengths
are rational, its two-dimensional face areas are rational, etc.,...
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Shortest irrational path
What is the shortest curve $\gamma$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$
from the origin $o=(0,0)$ to a rational point $p=(a,b)$
that (a) passes through no other rational point, and
(b) contains no point a ...
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k rational points and base change
This could be a tricky question but could help me to better understand these very interesting things.
Let $X$ be an algebraic variety over a field $k$ (in the sense of a k-scheme like in Qing Liu), $...
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Rational points à la Chabauty-Coleman
I have been trying to learn the method of Chabauty and Coleman to find rational points on curves; I have been reading an exposition by McCallum and Poonen which was pointed out to me by Emerton in ...
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Closed vs Rational Points on Schemes
Background: When Ueno builds the fully faithful functor from Var/k to Sch/k he mentions that the variety $V$ can be identified with the rational points of $t(V)$ over $k$. I know how to prove this on ...
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Existence of hyperelliptic curve with specific number of points in a family
Hi,
the following question was posed to me, it apparently has applications for linear codes. Let n>1, and $K = \rm{GF}(2^n)$. Let $k$ be coprime to $2^n-1$. Does there always exist $a \neq 0$ in $K$ ...
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Sums of cubes and more
It's well-known that every natural number can be written as a sum of 4 squares of integers.
Has there been any recent progress about the similar problem for the cubes, 4-th powers and so on? I ...
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How can you find small denominators inside triangles?
Darsh asked over at the 20 questions seminar:
Take a triangle in R^2 with coordinates at rational points. Can we find the smallest denominator point in the interior? (Consider denominator of an ...