In this paper we study the growth of ideals in $\mathbb{Z}[t]/(f)$ for a monic cubic polynomial $f$. We also compute the ideal zeta function of $\mathbb{Z}[t]/(t^n)$ for any $n \in \mathbb{N}$.
For a cubic algebraic extension $K$ of $\mathbb{Q}$, the behavior of the ideal counting function is considered in this paper. Let $a_{K}(n)$ be the number of integral ideals of the field $K$ with norm $n$. An asymptotic formula is given for the sum $$ \sum\limits_{n_{1}^2+n_{2}^2\leq x}a_{K}(n_{1}^2+n_{2}^2). $$
We investigate properties of zeta functions of polynomial rings and their quotients, generalizing and extending some classical results about Dedekind zeta functions of number fields. By an application of Delange's version of the Ikehara Tauberian Theorem, we are then able to determine the asymptotic order of the ideal counting function in such rings. As a result, we produce counting estimates on ideal lattices of bounded determinant coming from fixed number fields, as well as density estimates for any ideal lattices among all sublattices of $\mathbb Z^d$. We conclude with some more general spe…
We prove a bound on the number of primes with a given splitting behaviour in a given field extension. This bound generalises the Brun-Titchmarsh bound on the number of primes in an arithmetic progression. The proof is set up as an application of Selberg's Sieve in number fields. The main new ingredient is an explicit counting result estimating the number of integral elements with certain properties up to multiplication by units. As a consequence of this result, we deduce an explicit estimate for the number of ideals of norm up to $x$.
Let $\mathbf{K}$ be a number field and $\mathfrak{q}$ an integral ideal in $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbf{K}}$. A result of Tatuzawa from 1973, computes the asymptotic (with an error term) for the number of ideals with norm at most $x$ in a class of the narrow ray class group of $\mathbf{K}$ modulo $\mathfrak{q}$. This result bounds the error term with a constant whose dependence on $\mathfrak{q}$ is explicit but dependence on $\mathbf{K}$ is not explicit. The aim of this paper is to prove this asymptotic with a fully explicit bound for the error term.
We consider the simplest quartic number fields $\mathbb{K}_m$ defined by the irreducible quartic polynomials $$x^4-mx^3-6x^2+mx+1,$$ where $m$ runs over the positive rational integers such that the odd part of $m^2+16$ is squarefree. In this paper, we study the common index divisor $I(\mathbb K_m)$ and determine explicitly the prime ideal decomposition for any prime number in any simplest quartic number fields $\mathbb{K}_m$. On the other hand, we establish an asymptotic formula for the number of simplest quartic fields with discriminant $\leq x$ and given index.
We study the variance of the random variable that counts the number of lattice points in some shells generated by a special class of finite type domains in $\mathbb R^d$. The proof relies on estimates of the Fourier transform of indicator functions of convex domains.
We use Massey products and their relations to unipotent representations to parametrize and find an explicit formula for the number of Galois extensions of a given local field with the prescribed Galois group ${\mathbb U}_4({\mathbb F}_p)$ consisting of unipotent four by four matrices over ${\mathbb F}_p$. Further applications of this method involve the counting of certain Galois extensions with restricted ramifications, and counting the numbers of Galois ${\mathbb U}_4({\mathbb F}_p)$-extensions of some other fields. For each Demushkin pro-$p$-group, we find a very simple version of the condit…
Let $K$ be a global field of positive characteristic. We give an asymptotic formula for the number of $K$-points of bounded height on the Hilbert scheme $\text{Hilb}^2\mathbb{P}^2$ and show that by eliminating an exceptional thin set, the constant in front of the main term agrees with the prediction of Peyre in the function field setting. Moreover, we extend the analogy between the integers and $0$-cycles on a variety $V$ over a finite field to $0$-cycles on a variety $V$ over $K$ and establish a version of the prime number theorem in the case when $V = \mathbb{P}^2$.
We find an asymptotic formula for the number of rational points near planar curves. More precisely, if $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is a sufficiently smooth function defined on the interval $[η,ξ]$, then the number of rational points with denominator no larger than $Q$ that lie within a $δ$-neighborhood of the graph of $f$ is shown to be asymptotically equivalent to $(ξ-η)δQ^2$.
We examine two counting problems that seem very group-theoretic on the surface but, on closer examination, turn out to concern integers with restrictions on their prime factors. First, given an odd prime $q$ and a finite abelian $q$-group $H$, we consider the set of integers $n\le x$ such that the Sylow $q$-subgroup of the multiplicative group $(\mathbb Z/n\mathbb Z)^\times$ is isomorphic to $H$. We show that the counting function of this set of integers is asymptotic to $K x(\log\log x)^\ell/(\log x)^{1/(q-1)}$ for explicit constants $K$ and $\ell$ depending on $q$ and $H$. Second, we conside…
Let $V$ be a quasiprojective variety defined over $\mathbb{F}_q$, and let $ϕ:V\rightarrow V$ be an endomorphism of $V$ that is also defined over $\mathbb{F}_q$. Let $G$ be a finite subgroup of $\operatorname{Aut}_{\mathbb{F}_q}(V)$ with the property that $ϕ$ commutes with every element of $G$. We show that idempotent relations in the group ring $\mathbb{Q}[G]$ give relations between the periodic point counts for the maps induced by $ϕ$ on the quotients of $V$ by the various subgroups of $G$. We also show that if $G$ is abelian, periodic point counts for the endomorphism on $V/G$ induced by $ϕ$…
Let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined over rational field $\mathbb{Q}$ and $N$ be a positive integer. Now, $M_E(N)$ denotes the number of primes $p$, such that the group $E_p(\mathbb{F}_p)$ is of order $N$. We show that $M_E(N)$ follows Poisson distribution when an average is taken over a large class of curves.
Harron and Snowden counted the number of elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ up to height $X$ with torsion group $G$ for each possible torsion group $G$ over $\mathbb{Q}$. In this paper we generalize their result to all number fields and all level structures $G$ such that the corresponding modular curve $X_G$ is a weighted projective line $\mathbb{P}(w_0,w_1)$ and the morphism $X_G\to X(1)$ satisfies a certain condition. In particular, this includes all modular curves $X_1(m,n)$ with coarse moduli space of genus $0$. We prove our results by defining a size function on $\mathbb{P}(w_0,w_1)$ follo…
We count flags of primitive lattices, which are objects of the form ${0}=Λ^{(0)}<Λ^{(1)}< \cdots <Λ^{(\ell)}= \mathbb{Z}^n$, where every $Λ^{(i)}$ is a primitive lattice in $\mathbb{Z}^n$. The counting is with respect to two different natural height functions, allowing us to give a new proof of the Manin conjecture for flag varieties over rational numbers. We deduce the equidistribution of rational points in flag varieties, as well as the equidistribution of the shapes of the successive quotient lattices, $Λ^{(i)}/Λ^{(i-1)}$. In doing so, we generalize previous work of Schmidt, as well as our …
Let $q$ be a prime power, let $\mathbb F_q$ be the finite field with $q$ elements and let $d_1, \ldots, d_k$ be positive integers. In this note we explore the number of solutions $(z_1, \ldots, z_k)\in\overline{\mathbb F}_q^k$ of the equation \begin{equation*}L_1(x_1)+\cdots+L_k(x_k)=b,\end{equation*} with the restrictions $z_i\in \mathbb F_{q^{d_i}}$, where each $L_i(x)$ is a non zero polynomial of the form $\sum_{j=0}^{m_i}a_{ij}x^{q^j}\in \mathbb F_q[x]$ and $b\in \overline{\mathbb F}_q$. We characterize the elements $b$ for which the equation above has a solution and, in affirmative case, …
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a finite subset of $\mathbb{N}$ including $0$ and $f_\mathcal{A}(n)$ be the number of ways to write $n=\sum_{i=0}^{\infty}ε_i2^i$, where $ε_i\in\mathcal{A}$. We consider asymptotics of the summatory function $s_\mathcal{A}(r,m)$ of $f_\mathcal{A}(n)$ from $m2^r$ to $m2^{r+1}-1$ and show that $s_{\mathcal{A}}(r,m)\approx c(\mathcal{A},m)\left|\mathcal{A}\right|^r$ for some $c(\mathcal{A},m)\in\mathbb{Q}$.
Consider an irreducible bilinear form $f(x_1,x_2;y_1,y_2)$ with integer coefficients. We derive an upper bound for the number of integer points $(\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y})\in\mathbb{P}^1\times\mathbb{P}^1$ inside a box satisfying the equation $f=0$. Our bound seems to be the best possible bound and the main term decreases with a larger determinant of the form $f$. We further discuss the case when $f(x_1,x_2;y_1,y_2;z_1,z_2)$ is an irreducible non-singular trilinear form defined on $\mathbb{P}^1\times \mathbb{P}^1\times\mathbb{P}^1$, with integer coefficients. In this case, we examine the singular…
Given a polynomial $Q(x_1,\cdots, x_t)=λ_1 x_1^{k_1}+\cdots +λ_t x_t^{k_t}$, for every $c\in \mathbb{Z}$ and $n\geq 2$, we study the number of solutions $N_J(Q;c,n)$ of the congruence equation $Q(x_1,\cdots, x_t)\equiv c\bmod{n}$ in $(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^t$ such that $x_i\in (\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^\times$ for $i\in J\subseteq I= \{1,\cdots, t\}$. We deduce formulas and an algorithm to study $N_J(Q; c,p^a)$ for $p$ any prime number and $a\geq 1$ any integer. As consequences of our main results, we completely solve: the counting problem of $Q(x_i)=\sum\limits_{i\in I}λ_i x_i$ for any prime…
We count subrings of small index of $\mathbb{Z}^n$, where the addition and multiplication are defined componentwise. Let $f_n(k)$ denote the number of subrings of index $k$. For any $n$, we give a formula for this quantity for all integers $k$ that are not divisible by a 9th power of a prime, extending a result of Liu.
We give a precise estimate for the number of lattice points in certain bounded subsets of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ that involve `hyperbolic spikes' and occur naturally in multiplicative Diophantine approximation. We use Wilkie's o-minimal structure $\mathbb{R}_{\exp}$ and expansions thereof to formulate our counting result in a general setting. We give two different applications of our counting result. The first one establishes nearly sharp upper bounds for sums of reciprocals of fractional parts, and thereby sheds light on a question raised by Lê and Vaaler, extending previous work of Widmer and of t…
Let $r, v, n$ be positive integers. This paper investigate the number of solutions $s_{r,v}(n)$ of the following infinite Diophantine equations $$ n=1^{r}\cdot |k_{1}|^{v}+2^{r}\cdot |k_{2}|^{v}+3^{r}\cdot |k_{3}|^{v}+\ldots, $$ for ${\bf k}=(k_1,k_2,k_3,\dots)\in\mathbb{Z}^{\infty}$. For each $(r,v)\in\mathbb{N}\times\{1,2\}$, a generating function and some asymptotic formulas of $s_{r,v}(n)$ are established.
We establish an explicit formula for the number $C_n(q)$ of ideals of codimension $n$ of the algebra ${\mathbb F}_q[x,y,x^{-1}, y^{-1}]$ of Laurent polynomials in two variables over a finite field of cardinality $q$. This number is a palindromic polynomial of degree $2n$ in $q$. Moreover, $C_n(q) = (q-1)^2 P_n(q)$, where $P_n(q)$ is another palindromic polynomial; the latter is a $q$-analogue of the sum of divisors of $n$, which happens to be the number of subgroups of ${\mathbb Z}^2$ of index $n$.
We study the connection between the singularities of a finite type $\mathbb{Z}$-scheme X and the asymptotic point count of X over various finite rings. In particular, if the generic fiber $X_{\mathbb{Q}}=X\times_{\mathrm{Spec}\mathbb{Z}}\mathrm{Spec}\mathbb{Q}$ is a local complete intersection, we show that the boundedness of $\frac{\left|X(\mathbb{Z}/p^{n}\mathbb{Z})\right|}{p^{n\mathrm{dim}X_{\mathbb{Q}}}}$ in p and n is in fact equivalent to the condition that $X_{\mathbb{Q}}$ is reduced and has rational singularities. This paper completes a result of Aizenbud and Avni.
For a commutative ring $R$, a polynomial $f\in R[x]$ is called separable if $R[x]/f$ is a separable $R$-algebra. We derive formulae for the number of separable polynomials when $R = \mathbb{Z}/n$, extending a result of L. Carlitz. For instance, we show that the number of separable polynomials in $\mathbb{Z}/n[x]$ that are separable is $ϕ(n)n^d\prod_i(1-p_i^{-d})$ where $n = \prod p_i^{k_i}$ is the prime factorisation of $n$ and $ϕ$ is Euler's totient function.
In this paper we introduce and study a family $Φ_k$ of arithmetic functions generalizing Euler's totient function. These functions are given by the number of solutions to the equation $\gcd(x_1^2+\ldots +x_k^2, n)=1$ with $x_1,\ldots,x_k \in {\mathbb{Z}}/n{\mathbb{Z}}$ which, for $k=2,4$ and $8$ coincide, respectively, with the number of units in the rings of Gaussian integers, quaternions and octonions over ${\mathbb{Z}}/n{\mathbb{Z}}$. We prove that $Φ_k$ is multiplicative for every $k$, we obtain an explicit formula for $Φ_k(n)$ in terms of the prime-power decomposition of $n$ and derive an…
We find the number $s_k(p,Ω)$ of cuspidal automorphic representations of $\mathrm{GSp}(4,\mathbb{A}_{\mathbb{Q}})$ with trivial central character such that the archimedean component is a holomorphic discrete series representation of weight $k\ge 3$, and the non-archimedean component at $p$ is an Iwahori-spherical representation of type $Ω$ and unramified otherwise. Using the automorphic Plancherel density theorem, we show how a limit version of our formula for $s_k(p,Ω)$ generalizes to the vector-valued case and a finite number of ramified places.
Given a number field $k$ and a quadratic extension $K_2$, we give an explicit asymptotic formula for the number of isomorphism classes of cubic extensions of $k$ whose Galois closure contains $K_2$ as quadratic subextension, ordered by the norm of their relative discriminant ideal. The main tool is Kummer theory. We also study in detail the error term of the asymptotics and show that it is $O(X^α)$, for an explicit $α<1$.
Upper and lower bounds, of the expected order of magnitude, are obtained for the number of rational points of bounded height on any quartic del Pezzo surface over $\mathbb{Q}$ that contains a conic defined over $\mathbb{Q}$.
Counting the number of $n$-periodic $\mathbb{Z}_{p}$-and $\mathbb{F}_{p}[t]$-points of a discrete dynamical system with applications from arithmetic statistics, VI
We give an asymptotic formula for the number of elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ with bounded Faltings height. Silverman has shown that the Faltings height for elliptic curves over number fields can be expressed in terms of modular functions and the minimal discriminant of the elliptic curve. We use this to recast the problem as one of counting lattice points in a particular region in $\mathbb{R}^2$.
Let $\mathbb{F}_q$ denote the finite field of $q$ elements with characteristic $p$. Let $\mathbb{Z}_q$ denote the unramified extension of the $p$-adic integers $\mathbb{Z}_p$ with residue field $\mathbb{F}_q$. In this paper, we investigate the $q$-divisibility for the number of solutions of a polynomial system in $n$ variables over the finite Witt ring $\mathbb{Z}_q/p^m\mathbb{Z}_q$, where the $n$ variables of the polynomials are restricted to run through a combinatorial box lifting $\mathbb{F}_q^n$. The introduction of the combinatorial box makes the problem much more complicated. We prove a …
Counting the number of $\mathbb{Z}_{p}$-and $\mathbb{F}_{p}[t]$-fixed points of a discrete dynamical system with applications from arithmetic statistics, III