The folklore local-to-global conjecture for cubic hypersurfaces

Let XPQn1X\subset \mathbf{P}_{\mathbf{Q}}^{n-1} be a cubic hypersurface with n10n\geqslant 10. The existence of points over every completion is necessary for a rational point, and in this range the real condition is automatic for a cubic form.

Folklore local-to-global conjecture. If X(Qp)X(\mathbf{Q}_p)\neq\emptyset for every prime pp, then

X(Q).X(\mathbf{Q})\neq\emptyset.

Demyanov and Lewis proved the local conditions at every prime when n10n\geqslant 10, but the asserted global conclusion remains unresolved; the conjecture is the Hasse-principle expectation for cubic hypersurfaces in this range.

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Primary source

V. Vinay Kumaraswamy and Nick Rome, “On a conjecture of Wooley and lower bounds for cubic hypersurfaces”, arXiv:2405.04234 (2024).

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