Ghosh–Sarnak conjecture on integral Hasse failures for Markoff surfaces

Let UmU_m be the affine Markoff surface

Um: x2+y2+z2xyz=m,U_m:\ x^2+y^2+z^2-xyz=m,

where mm is an integer, and let Um(AZ)U_m(\mathbb{A}_{\mathbb{Z}}) denote its integral adelic points. Ghosh–Sarnak conjecture. The number of integral Hasse failures satisfies

#{mZ:0mM, Um(AZ) but Um(Z)=}C0Mθ,\#\{m\in\mathbb{Z}:0\leq m\leq M,\ U_m(\mathbb{A}_{\mathbb{Z}})\neq\emptyset\ \text{but}\ U_m(\mathbb{Z})=\emptyset\}\approx C_0M^\theta,

for some C0>0C_0>0 and some 12<θ<1\frac{1}{2}<\theta<1. This conjecture predicts that integral Hasse failures occur with an order of magnitude strictly between M1/2M^{1/2} and MM; the supplied source states that it is disproved, while earlier work had established only lower bounds for failures not explained by the Brauer–Manin obstruction.

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Primary source

Quang-Duc Dao, “Brauer-Manin obstruction for Wehler K3 surfaces of Markoff type”, arXiv:2302.11515 (2023).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2022–2023). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2202.07142.

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