Rational curves on Calabi–Yau varieties over finite fields

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Let XX be a smooth projective variety over a finite field kk. Assume that XX has trivial canonical class and that XkˉX_{\bar{k}} has trivial algebraic fundamental group. An algebraic point means a point of X(kˉ)X(\bar{k}). Rational-curve conjecture. Every algebraic point of XX lies on a rational curve C⊂XC\subset X, defined over kˉ\bar{k}. The statement is motivated by examples involving Kummer surfaces and Calabi–Yau varieties, but its general validity is not established.

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Fedor Bogomolov and Yuri Tschinkel, “Rational curves and points on K3 surfaces”, arXiv:math/0310254 (2003).

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