Modern formulation of Manin's conjecture

Let XX be a geometrically integral smooth projective Fano variety over Q\mathbb Q of dimension nn with Picard rank rr, let X\mathcal X be a proper integral model over Z\mathbb Z, and let HH be an anticanonical height on X(Q)X(\mathbb Q). A map f:YXf:Y\to X of geometrically integral smooth projective varieties is thin if it is generically finite onto its image and has degree different from 11. Define the Tamagawa measure and the constants

τ=(lims1(s1)rL(s,PicXQ))vLv(s,PicXQ)1ωv,\tau=\left(\lim_{s\to 1}(s-1)^rL(s,\operatorname{Pic}X_{\overline{\mathbb Q}})\right)\prod_vL_v(s,\operatorname{Pic}X_{\overline{\mathbb Q}})^{-1}\omega_v,

where ωv\omega_v is the natural measure on X(Qv)X(\mathbb Q_v) defined by X\mathcal X at non-Archimedean places and by the fixed volume form at v=v=\infty, and

α(X)=rvol{y((Pic(X)R)eff)KXy1},\alpha(X)=r\operatorname{vol}\{y\in((\operatorname{Pic}(X)\otimes\mathbb R)^{\mathrm{eff}})^\vee\mid K_X\cdot y\leq 1\}, β(X)=H1(Gal(Q/Q),PicXQ).\beta(X)=\left|H^1(\operatorname{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb Q}/\mathbb Q),\operatorname{Pic}X_{\overline{\mathbb Q}})\right|.

Manin's conjecture. There exists a finite set of thin maps fi:YiXif_i:Y_i\to X_i such that

limB1B(logB)r1xX(Q)(˝x)<B\xfi(Yi(Q)) for any iδx=α(X)β(X)τBr,\lim_{B\to\infty}\frac{1}{B(\log B)^{r-1}}\sum_{\substack{x\in X(\mathbb Q)\H(x)<B\x\notin f_i(Y_i(\mathbb Q))\ \textrm{for any }i}}\delta_x=\alpha(X)\beta(X)\tau^{Br},

where the weak limit is taken as measures on X(AQ)X(\mathbb A_{\mathbb Q}), δx\delta_x is the unit point mass at xx, and τBr\tau^{Br} is the restriction of the Tamagawa measure to the locus where the Brauer–Manin obstruction vanishes. This formulation predicts both the asymptotic number and adelic distribution of rational points after removing finitely many thin images; the source attributes it to work of Manin, Peyre, Batyrev–Tschinkel and Salberger, but the statement itself is marked with no resolution status.

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Primary source

Will Sawin, “Freeness alone is insufficient for Manin-Peyre”, arXiv:2001.06078 (2020).

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