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A positive proportion of Thue equations fail the integral Hasse principle

Authors :
Akhtari, Shabnam
Bhargava, Manjul
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

For any nonzero $h\in\mathbb{Z}$, we prove that a positive proportion of integral binary cubic forms $F$ do locally everywhere represent $h$ but do not globally represent $h$; that is, a positive proportion of cubic Thue equations $F(x,y)=h$ fail the integral Hasse principle. Here, we order all classes of such integral binary cubic forms $F$ by their absolute discriminants. We prove the same result for Thue equations $G(x,y)=h$ of any fixed degree $n \geq 3$, provided that these integral binary $n$-ic forms $G$ are ordered by the maximum of the absolute values of their coefficients.<br />Comment: Previously cited as "A positive proportion of locally soluble Thue equations are globally insoluble", Two typos are fixed and small mathematical error in Section 4 is corrected

Subjects

Subjects :
Mathematics - Number Theory

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1603.08623
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/ajm.2019.0006