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Rational points on quartic hypersurfaces

Number Theory 2008-01-08 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let X be a non-singular projective hypersurface of degree 4, which is defined over the rational numbers. Assume that X has dimension 39 or more, and that X contains a real point and p-adic points for every prime p. Then X is shown to contain infinitely many rational points.

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@article{arxiv.math/0701348,
  title  = {Rational points on quartic hypersurfaces},
  author = {T. D. Browning and D. R. Heath-Brown},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701348},
  year   = {2008}
}

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