Poonen–Stoll conjecture on rational points on genus-two curves

Consider the density obtained by ordering genus-two curves of the form y2=f(x)y^2=f(x), where f=f6x6++f1x+f0Z[x]f=f_6x^6+\dots+f_1x+f_0\in{\mathbb Z}[x], by the condition max{fj}N\max\{|f_j|\}\leq N, and letting NN tend to infinity. Poonen–Stoll conjecture. The density of curves of genus 22 with rational points is 0%0\%. The source contrasts this with the approximately 848485%85\% density of such curves having points everywhere locally, so the conjecture asserts that the Hasse principle fails for almost all curves in this ordering.

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Michael Stoll, “Rational points on curves”, arXiv:1008.1905 (2010).

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