Counting algebraic tori over \mathbb{Q} by Artin conductor

Abstract: In this paper we count the number

N_{n}^{e x t t o r} (X)

of

n

-dimensional algebraic tori over

m a t h b b Q

whose Artin conductor of the associated character is bounded by

X

. This can be understood as a generalization of counting number fields of given degree by discriminant. We suggest a conjecture on the asymptotics of

N_{n}^{e x t t o r} (X)

and prove that this conjecture follows from Malle's conjecture for tori over

m a t h b b Q

. We also prove that

N_{2}^{e x t t o r} (X) l l_{v a r e p s i l o n} X^{1 + v a r e p s i l o n}

, and this upper bound can be improved to

N_{2}^{e x t t o r} (X) l l_{v a r e p s i l o n} X (l o g X)^{1 + v a r e p s i l o n}

under the assumption of the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics for

p = 3

.

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