Unirationality conjecture for norm surfaces defined by sextic polynomials

Let kk be a number field and let K/kK/k be a cyclic extension of degree 33. For a polynomial fk[t]f\in k[t] of degree 66, let Sf\mathcal{S}_{f} denote the variety defined by the norm equation associated with ff. A kk-rational point on Sf\mathcal{S}_{f} is non-trivial if it is not one of the trivial points arising from the construction of the surface. Unirationality conjecture. If there exists a non-trivial kk-rational point on Sf\mathcal{S}_{f}, then Sf\mathcal{S}_{f} is kk-unirational. The preceding approximation theorem establishes unirationality for suitably approximated sextics with a rational point at infinity, motivating this conjecture; the general assertion for sextic polynomials is left open in the source.

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Maciej Ulas, “Rational solutions of certain Diophantine equations involving norms”, arXiv:1305.6242 (2013).

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