Quadratic points on del Pezzo surfaces of degree 4

Brendan Creutz (University of Canterbury)

29-Sep-2020, 20:30-21:30 (3 years ago)

Abstract: I will report on joint work (in progress) with Bianca Viray concerning the following question. If $X/k$ is a smooth complete intersection of $2$ quadrics in $\mathbb{P}^n$ over a field $k$, does $X$ have a rational point over some quadratic extension of $k$?

algebraic geometrynumber theory

Audience: researchers in the topic


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