The distribution of rational points on conics
Volume 209 / 2023
Acta Arithmetica 209 (2023), 91-128
MSC: Primary 11D45; Secondary 11D09, 11E08, 14G05.
DOI: 10.4064/aa220325-2-8
Published online: 8 September 2023
Abstract
We examine the counting function for rational points on conics, and show how the point where the asymptotic behaviour begins depends on the size of the smallest zero.