The asymptotic number of integral cubic polynomials with bounded heights and discriminants (Q2257498)

The authors consider cubic polynomials with integer coefficients. An asymptotic formula is given for the number of such polynomials \(P\) with height \(H(P)\leq Q\) and discriminant \(|D(P)|\leq X\) for \(Q^{14/5}\ll X\ll Q^4\) as \(Q\rightarrow\infty\). This result is applied to give an asymptotic formula for \[ \sum |D(P)|^{-1/2}, \] where the sum is taken over irreducible polynomials with \(H(P)\leq Q,\; 1\leq |D(P)|\ll Q^{4-\eta}\) where \(0\leq\eta\leq 9/10\) as \(Q\rightarrow\infty\). The theorems improve upon several earlier results, among others on \textit{H. Davenport} [Mathematika 8, 58--62 (1961; Zbl 0104.04001)].