Some varieties with points only in a field extension
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Some varieties with points only in a field extension
zbMATH Open document ID: 0532.14011
DOI: 10.1007/BF01196658
author: Andrew Bremner
author: D. J. Lewis
author: Patrick Morton
published in: Archiv der Mathematik
publication date: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Several authors have investigated the following problem. Let \(\Gamma\) be an irreducible algebraic variety of degree \(d\), in projective \(n\)-space \(\mathbb P^ n\), defined over a field \(k\); and suppose \(K\) is a finite extension of \(k\) with \([K:k]\) prime to \(d\). If \(\Gamma\) has a point defined over \(K\), then does it necessarily have a point defined over \(k\)? For instance, the result is known to be true for quadrics in \(\mathbb P^ n\), and for cubic plane curves; it is also true for the intersection of two quadrics, whereas it fails to hold for three quadrics. The current paper comprises several further counterexamples, which are the following. (I) Two cubics in \(\mathbb P^ 2\) having a common zero over a quadratic extension of \(\mathbb Q\), but having no common zero in \(\mathbb Q\). (II) Two examples of quartic curves defined over \(\mathbb Q\), everywhere locally solvable, having no rational point, yet possessing points defined over a cubic extension of \(\mathbb Q\). (III) Two examples akin to those of (II), but now over the function field \(\mathbb Q(t)\). (IV) A quartic form in 16 variables with a point over a cubic extension of \(\mathbb Q\), but with no point in \(\mathbb Q\) itself.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14G25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14H25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11D25
zbMATH DE Number: 3843899
zbMATH Keywords: existence of rational points on varieties
zbMATH Keywords: quartic curve
zbMATH Keywords: cubic field extension
zbMATH Keywords: cubics
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