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The Hilbert Property for integral points of affine smooth cubic surfaces

Number Theory 2023-03-02 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

In this paper we prove that the set of SS-integral points of the smooth cubic surfaces in A3\mathbb{A}^3 over a number field kk is not thin, for suitable kk and SS. As a corollary, we obtain results on the complement in P2\mathbb{P}^2 of a smooth cubic curve, improving on Beukers' proof that the SS-integral points are Zariski dense, for suitable SS and kk. With our method we reprove Zariski density, but our result is more powerful since it is a stronger form of Zariski density. We moreover prove that the rational integer points on the Fermat cubic surface x3+y3+z3=1x^3+y^3+z^3=1 form a non-thin set and we link our methods to previous results of Lehmer, Miller-Woollett and Mordell.

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@article{arxiv.1807.03349,
  title  = {The Hilbert Property for integral points of affine smooth cubic surfaces},
  author = {Simone Coccia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.03349},
  year   = {2023}
}

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18 pages