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arxiv: 1312.5905 · v1 · pith:PTGYOMS7new · submitted 2013-12-20 · 🧮 math.NT

Cubic surfaces with one rational line over finite fields

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Let Fq be a finite field with q=8 or q at least 16. Let S be a smooth cubic surface defined over Fq containing at least one rational line. We use a pigeonhole principle to prove that all the rational points on S are generated via tangent and secant operations from a single point.

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