Counting rational points on smooth quartic and quintic surfaces

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contents Let $X\subseteq \mathbb{P}^3$ be a smooth projective surface of degree $d\ge 4$ defined over a number field $K$, and let $N_{X^{\prime}}(B)$ be the number of rational points of $X$ of height at most $B$ that do not lie on lines contained in $X$. Assuming a suitable hypothesis on the size of the rank of Abelian varieties, we show that $N_{X^{\prime}}(B)\ll_{K,d,\varepsilon} B^{4/3+\varepsilon}$ for any fixed $\varepsilon>0$. This improves an unconditional bound from Salberger for $d=4$ and $d=5$. The proof, based on an argument of Heath-Brown, consists of cutting $X$ by projective planes and using a uniform version of Faltings's Theorem, due to Dimitrov, Gao, and Habegger, to bound the number of rational points on the plane sections of $X$. More generally, we prove that if $X\subseteq \mathbb{P}^n$ is a non-degenerate non-uniruled smooth projective surface defined over $K$, then $N_{X^{\prime}}(B)\ll_{K,n,d,\varepsilon}B^{\frac{n+1}{n}+\varepsilon}$.
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spellingShingle Counting rational points on smooth quartic and quintic surfaces
Andreaus, Lorenzo
Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
11G35, 11G50, 14G05
Let $X\subseteq \mathbb{P}^3$ be a smooth projective surface of degree $d\ge 4$ defined over a number field $K$, and let $N_{X^{\prime}}(B)$ be the number of rational points of $X$ of height at most $B$ that do not lie on lines contained in $X$. Assuming a suitable hypothesis on the size of the rank of Abelian varieties, we show that $N_{X^{\prime}}(B)\ll_{K,d,\varepsilon} B^{4/3+\varepsilon}$ for any fixed $\varepsilon>0$. This improves an unconditional bound from Salberger for $d=4$ and $d=5$. The proof, based on an argument of Heath-Brown, consists of cutting $X$ by projective planes and using a uniform version of Faltings's Theorem, due to Dimitrov, Gao, and Habegger, to bound the number of rational points on the plane sections of $X$. More generally, we prove that if $X\subseteq \mathbb{P}^n$ is a non-degenerate non-uniruled smooth projective surface defined over $K$, then $N_{X^{\prime}}(B)\ll_{K,n,d,\varepsilon}B^{\frac{n+1}{n}+\varepsilon}$.
title Counting rational points on smooth quartic and quintic surfaces
topic Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
11G35, 11G50, 14G05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07060