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Sieving rational points on varieties

Number Theory 2018-01-24 v2

Abstract

A sieve for rational points on suitable varieties is developed, together with applications to counting rational points in thin sets, the number of varieties in a family which are everywhere locally soluble, and to the notion of friable rational points with respect to divisors. In the special case of quadrics, sharper estimates are obtained by developing a version of the Selberg sieve for rational points.

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@article{arxiv.1705.01999,
  title  = {Sieving rational points on varieties},
  author = {Tim Browning and Daniel Loughran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.01999},
  year   = {2018}
}

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30 pages; minor edits (final version)

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