Open AccessMathematics

R. Luijk

2005.6.21Algebra & Number Theory

DOI: 10.2140/ant.2007.1.1

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K3 surfaces with Picard number one and infinitely many rational points are given as explicit examples over the rational numbers.

Abstract

In general, not much is known about the arithmetic of K3 surfaces. Once the geometric Picard number, which is the rank of the Neron-Severi group over an algebraic closure of the base field, is high enough, more structure is known and more can be said. However, until recently not a single K3 surface was known to have geometric Picard number one. We give explicit examples of such surfaces over the rational numbers. This solves an old problem that has been attributed to Mumford. The examples we give also contain infinitely many rational points, thereby answering a question of Swinnerton-Dyer and Poonen.

Citation format

LUIJK, R. K3 surfaces with picard number one and infinitely many rational points [preprint]. arXiv, 2005. arXiv:math/0506416.