Density of rational points on K3 surfaces over function fields

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2012-09-05
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In this paper, we study sections of a Calabi-Yau threefold fibered over a curve by K3 surfaces. We show that there exist infinitely many isolated sections on certain K3 fibered Calabi-Yau threefolds and the subgroup of the NĀ“eron-Severi group generated by these sections is not finitely generated. This also gives examples of K3 surfaces over the function field F of a complex curve with Zariski dense F-rational points, whose geometric models are Calabi-Yau. Furthermore, we also generalize our results to the cases of families of higher dimensional Calabi-Yau varieties with Calabi-Yau ambient spaces.

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Doctor of Philosophy
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K3 surfaces, Sections, Abel-Jacobi map, Intermediate jacobian, Neron model, Calabi-Yau threefold
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Li, Zhiyuan. "Density of rational points on K3 surfaces over function fields." (2012) Diss., Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64698.

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