Existence of rational points on smooth projective varieties

DOI10.4171/JEMS/159zbMATH Open1183.14032arXiv0712.1782MaRDI QIDQ1024257FDOQ1024257

Authors: Bjorn Poonen 

Publication date: 16 June 2009

Published in: Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Fix a number field k. We prove that if there is an algorithm for deciding whether a smooth projective geometrically integral k-variety has a k-point, then there is an algorithm for deciding whether an arbitrary k-variety has a k-point and also an algorithm for computing X(k) for any k-variety X for which X(k) is finite. The proof involves the construction of a one-parameter algebraic family of Chatelet surfaces such that exactly one of the surfaces fails to have a k-point.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1782

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zbMATH Keywords

rational points[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?title=+Special%3ASearch&search=Ch%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDtelet+surface&go=Go Ch��telet surface]Brauer--Manin obstruction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Varieties over global fields (11G35) Rational points (14G05) Global ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G25) Decidability (number-theoretic aspects) (11U05) Arithmetic ground fields for surfaces or higher-dimensional varieties (14J20)

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