Harari–Wittenberg's strong approximation conjecture for the fibration varieties WW

Let m1,,mnm_1,\dots,m_n be closed points of Ak1{\mathbf A}^1_k. For each ii, let LiL_i be a finite extension of the residue field ki=k(mi)k_i=k(m_i), let aikia_i\in k_i be the coordinate of mim_i, and choose bikib_i\in k_i^*. Let FiF_i be the singular locus of the affine variety defined by NLi/k(xi)=0N_{L_i/k}(x_i)=0. For coordinates λ,μ\lambda,\mu on Ak2{\mathbf A}^2_k, let WW be the closed subvariety

W(Ak2{(0,0)})×i=1n(RLi/k(ALi1)Fi)W\subset\left({\mathbf A}^2_k\setminus\{(0,0)\}\right)\times\prod_{i=1}^n\left(R_{L_i/k}({\mathbf A}^1_{L_i})\setminus F_i\right)

defined by NLi/ki(xi)=bi(λaiμ)N_{L_i/k_i}(x_i)=b_i(\lambda-a_i\mu) for all ii, with the smooth surjective map p:WPk1p:W\to{\mathbf P}^1_k given by p(λ,μ,x1,,xn)=[λ:μ]p(\lambda,\mu,x_1,\dots,x_n)=[\lambda:\mu]. Write Wc=p1(c)W_c=p^{-1}(c).

Harari–Wittenberg's conjecture. The set

cP1(k)Wc(Ak)\bigcup_{c\in{\mathbf P}^1(k)}W_c({\mathbf A}_k)

is dense in W(Ak)W({\mathbf A}_k).

This is a strong-approximation-type fibration conjecture used in the source to obtain positive results for fibrations over P1{\mathbf P}^1. The source gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Olivier Wittenberg, “Rational points and zero-cycles on rationally connected varieties over number fields”, arXiv:1604.08543 (2017).

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