Type: Article
Publication Date: 2015-08-31
Citations: 17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793042116500664
We show that the proportion of plane cubic curves over [Formula: see text] that have a [Formula: see text]-rational point is a rational function in [Formula: see text], where the rational function is independent of [Formula: see text], and we determine this rational function explicitly. As a consequence, we obtain the density of plane cubic curves over [Formula: see text] that have points everywhere locally; numerically, this density is shown to be [Formula: see text].