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On the number of linear spaces on hypersurfaces with a prescribed discriminant

Number Theory 2017-07-25 v1

Abstract

For a given form FZ[x1,,xs]F\in \mathbb Z[x_1,\dots,x_s] we apply the circle method in order to give an asymptotic estimate of the number of mm-tuples x1,,xm\mathbf x_1, \dots, \mathbf x_m spanning a linear space on the hypersurface F(x)=0F(\mathbf x) = 0 with the property that det((x1,,xm)t(x1,,xm))=b\det ( (\mathbf x_1, \dots, \mathbf x_m)^t \, (\mathbf x_1, \dots, \mathbf x_m)) = b. This allows us in some measure to count rational linear spaces on hypersurfaces whose underlying integer lattice is primitive.

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@article{arxiv.1707.07458,
  title  = {On the number of linear spaces on hypersurfaces with a prescribed discriminant},
  author = {Julia Brandes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.07458},
  year   = {2017}
}