The probability that a complete intersection is smooth

DOI10.5802/JTNB.810zbMATH Open1268.14021arXiv1003.5222OpenAlexW2963843673MaRDI QIDQ1940465FDOQ1940465

Authors: Alina Bucur, Kiran S. Kedlaya 

Publication date: 7 March 2013

Published in: Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a smooth subscheme of a projective space over a finite field, we compute the probability that its intersection with a fixed number of hypersurface sections of large degree is smooth of the expected dimension. This generalizes the case of a single hypersurface, due to Poonen. We use this result to give a probabilistic model for the number of rational points of such a complete intersection. A somewhat surprising corollary is that the number of rational points on a random smooth intersection of two surfaces in projective 3-space is strictly less than the number of points on the projective line.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5222

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zbMATH Keywords

complete intersectionfinite fieldBertini theoremprobabilistic modelhypersurface of large degreerandom smooth intersectionsmooth subscheme of a projective space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Zeta and (L)-functions in characteristic (p) (11M38) Finite ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G15)

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