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arxiv: 0812.4779 · v3 · submitted 2008-12-27 · 🧮 math.AG · math.NT

Density of rational points on diagonal quartic surfaces

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Let a,b,c,d be nonzero rational numbers whose product is a square, and let V be the diagonal quartic surface in PP^3 defined by ax^4+by^4+cz^4+dw^4=0. We prove that if V contains a rational point that does not lie on any of the 48 lines on V or on any of the coordinate planes, then the set of rational points on V is dense in both the Zariski topology and the real analytic topology.

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