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The local solubility for homogeneous polynomials with random coefficients over thin sets

Number Theory 2025-09-10 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let dd and nn be natural numbers greater or equal to 22. Let a,νd,n(x)Z[x]\langle \boldsymbol{a}, \nu_{d,n}(\boldsymbol{x})\rangle\in \mathbb{Z}[\boldsymbol{x}] be a homogeneous polynomial in nn variables of degree dd with integer coefficients a\boldsymbol{a}, where ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle denotes the inner product, and νd,n:RnRN\nu_{d,n}: \mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^N denotes the Veronese embedding with N=(n+d1d)N=\binom{n+d-1}{d}. Consider a variety VaV_{\boldsymbol{a}} in Pn1\mathbb{P}^{n-1}, defined by a,νd,n(x)=0.\langle \boldsymbol{a}, \nu_{d,n}(\boldsymbol{x})\rangle=0. In this paper, we examine a set of these varieties defined by Vd,nP(A)={VaPn1 P(a)=0, aA},\mathbb{V}^{P}_{d,n}(A)=\{ V_{\boldsymbol{a}}\subset \mathbb{P}^{n-1}|\ P(\boldsymbol{a})=0,\ \|\boldsymbol{a}\|_{\infty}\leq A\}, where PZ[x]P\in \mathbb{Z}[\boldsymbol{x}] is a non-singular form in NN variables of degree kk with 2kC(n,d)2 \le k\leq C({n,d}) for some constant C(n,d)C({n,d}) depending at most on nn and dd. Suppose that P(a)=0P(\boldsymbol{a})=0 has a nontrivial integer solution. We confirm that the proportion of varieties VaV_{\boldsymbol{a}} in Vd,nP(A)\mathbb{V}^{P}_{d,n}(A), which are everywhere locally soluble, converges to a constant cPc_P as A.A\rightarrow \infty. In particular, if there exists bZN\boldsymbol{b}\in \mathbb{Z}^N such that P(b)=0P(\boldsymbol{b})=0 and the variety VbV_{\boldsymbol{b}} in Pn1\mathbb{P}^{n-1} admits a smooth Q\mathbb{Q}-rational point, the constant cPc_P is positive.

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@article{arxiv.2308.13685,
  title  = {The local solubility for homogeneous polynomials with random coefficients over thin sets},
  author = {Heejong Lee and Seungsu Lee and Kiseok Yeon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.13685},
  year   = {2025}
}

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