Zero-cycles on diagonal cubic surfaces over \(p\)-adic fields (Q2339680)

Let \(k\) be a \(p\)-adic field and let \(X\) be the projective surface over \(k\) defined by a homogeneous equation \(x^3+y^3+cz^3+dt^3=0\) with \(c,d,cd,c/d\notin(k^*)^3\). In this paper the author determines the structure of the degree-zero part \(A_0(X)\) of the Chow group of zero-cycles on \(X\) completely when \(p\neq 3\), and partially when \(p=3\), in the following way: When \(p\neq 3\), one has \(A_0(X)=0\) if \(\text{ord}(c)\equiv\text{ord}(d)\equiv 0\pmod 3\), and \(A_0(X)\cong\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\) otherwise. When \(p=3\), under the assumption that (1) \(k\) contains a primitive third root of unity, (2) \(\text{ord}(c-1)\) is greater than the absolute ramification index of \(k\), and (3) \(\text{ord}(d)\equiv 1\pmod 3\), one has \(A_0(X)\cong\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\). This is a generalization of the previous results in [\textit{J.-L. Colliot-Thélène} and \textit{S. Saito}, Int. Math. Res. Not. 1996, No. 4, 151--160 (1996; Zbl 0878.14006); \textit{S. Saito} and \textit{K. Sato}, Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér. (4) 47, No. 3, 505--537 (2014; Zbl 1329.14057)], which deal with the case when \(c=1\). Furthermore when \(c=1\) and a primitive third root of unity lies in \(k\), he shows that the Chow group \(\text{CH}_0(X)\) of zero-cycles on \(X\) is generated by the classes of rational points.