Let $X$ be the wonderful compactification of a connected adjoint semisimple group $G$ defined over a number field $K$. We prove Manin’s conjecture on the asymptotic (as $T\to \infty$) of the number of $K$-rational points of $X$ of height less than $T$, and give an explicit construction of a measure on $X\left(𝔸\right)$, generalizing Peyre’s measure, which describes the asymptotic distribution of the rational points $𝐆\left(K\right)$ on $X\left(𝔸\right)$. Our approach is based on the mixing property of $L^2(𝐆\left(K\right)\setminus 𝐆\left(𝔸\right))$ which we obtain with a rate of convergence.

The Manin conjecture is established for a split singular del Pezzo surface of degree four, with singularity type ${\mathbf{A}}_4$.

We prove Manin’s conjecture for a del Pezzo surface of degree six which has one singularity of type ${\mathbf{A}}_2$. Moreover, we achieve a meromorphic continuation and explicit expression of the associated height zeta function.

The first and second moments are established for the family of quadratic Dirichlet L-functions over the rational function field at the central point s=1/2, where the character χ is defined by the Legendre symbol for polynomials over finite fields and runs over all monic irreducible polynomials P of a given odd degree. Asymptotic formulae are derived for fixed finite fields when the degree of P is large. The first moment obtained here is the function field analogue of a result due to Jutila in the...

This paper establishes new bridges between zeta functions in number theory and modern harmonic analysis, namely between the class of complex functions, which contains the zeta functions of arithmetic schemes and closed with respect to product and quotient, and the class of mean-periodic functions in several spaces of functions on the real line. In particular, the meromorphic continuation and functional equation of the zeta function of an arithmetic scheme with its expected analytic shape is shown...

Soit $X$ un schéma projectif intègre défini sur un corps de nombres $F$ ; soit $L$ un fibré en droites ample sur $X$ muni d’une métrique adélique semi-positive au sens de Zhang. Les résultats principaux de cet article sont :(1)Une formule qui calcule les hauteurs locales (relativement à $L$) d’un diviseur de Cartier sur $X$ comme des « mesures de Mahler » généralisées, c’est-à-dire les intégrales de fonctions de Green pour $D$ contre des mesures associées à $L$ ;(2)Un théorème d’équidistribution des points de « petite »...

Let $N\ge 1$ be an integer. Let $X_0\left(N\right)$ be the modular curve over $\mathbf{Z}$, as constructed by Katz and Mazur. The minimal resolution of $X_0\left(N\right)$ over $\mathbf{Z}[1/6]$ is computed. Let $p\ge 5$ be a prime, such that $N=p^{2}M$, with $M$ prime to $p$. Let $n=(p^2-1)/2$. It is shown that $X_0\left(N\right)$ has stable reduction at $p$ over $\mathbf{Q}\left[\sqrt[n]{p}\right]$, and the fibre at $p$ of the stable model is computed.

1. Introduction. Dans un article célèbre, D. H. Lehmer posait la question suivante (voir [Le], §13, page 476): «The following problem arises immediately. If ε is a positive quantity, to find a polynomial of the form: $f\left(x\right)=x^r+a_1{x}^{r-1}+\cdots +a_r$ where the a’s are integers, such that the absolute value of the product of those roots of f which lie outside the unit circle, lies between 1 and 1 + ε (...). Whether or not the problem has a solution for ε < 0.176 we do not know.» Cette question, toujours ouverte, est la source...

Let ${𝒪}_K$ be a discrete valuation ring of mixed characteristics $(0,p)$, with residue field $k$. Using work of Sekiguchi and Suwa, we construct some finite flat ${𝒪}_K$-models of the group scheme ${\mu }_{p^n,K}$ of $p^n$-th roots of unity, which we call Kummer group schemes. We carefully set out the general framework and algebraic properties of this construction. When $k$ is perfect and ${𝒪}_K$ is a complete totally ramified extension of the ring of Witt vectors $W\left(k\right)$, we provide a parallel study of the Breuil-Kisin modules of finite flat models...