Abstract
This paper surveys recent progress towards the Manin conjecture for (singular and non-singular) del Pezzo surfaces. To illustrate some of the techniques available, an upper bound of the expected order of magnitude is established for a singular del Pezzo surface of degree four.
Translated title of the contribution | An overview of Manin's conjecture for del Pezzo surfaces |
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Original language | English |
Title of host publication | Analytic number theory -- a tribute to Gauss and Dirichlet (Goettingen) |
Editors | W. Duke, Y. Tschinkel |
Pages | 39 - 56 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Bibliographical note
Conference Proceedings/Title of Journal: Analytic number theory -- a tribute to Gauss and DirichletConference Organiser: W. Duke and Y. Tschinkel