A Note on the Distribution of Rational Points on Threefolds (Q4458097)

The author proves the following result: Let \(T\subset\mathbb P^4\) be a non-singular threefold of degree \(d\geq 4\). Then for any \(\varepsilon>0\), we have \[ N_T(B)= \begin{cases} O(B^{\frac{35}{12}+\varepsilon}), &\text{if }d=4,\\ O(B^{\frac{17}{6}+\varepsilon}), &\text{if }d\geq 5. \end{cases} \] Here, \(N_T(B):= \#\{x\in T(\mathbb Q)\mid H(x)\leq B\}\) and \(H:\mathbb P^3(\mathbb Q)\to\mathbb R_+\), the usual projective height. The best previously available result is due to \textit{J. Pila} [Density of integral and rational points on varieties, Columbia University number theory seminar, New York, 1992. Paris: Société Mathématique de France, Astérisque. 228, 183--187 (1995; Zbl 0834.11028)] and is given to be \[ N_T(B)=O(B^{3+\frac1d+\varepsilon}), \quad d\geq 3, \] for any \(\varepsilon>0\) and any irreducible threefold \(T\) of degree \(d\geq 2\). The result of Dr. Browning gives a proof at a special case of a more general conjecture which states that for any irreducible projective hypersurface \(X\subseteq\mathbb P^{n-1}\) \((n\geq 3)\) of degree \(d\geq 2\) and any \(\varepsilon>0\) \[ N_X(B):=\#\{x\in X(\mathbb Q)\mid H(x)\leq B\}= O(B^{n-2+\varepsilon}), \] holds. In some other special cases this conjecture has been proven by \textit{D. R. Heath-Brown} [Ann. Math. (2) 155, No.~2, 553--598 (2002; Zbl 1039.11044)].