On the number of linear spaces on hypersurfaces with a prescribed discriminant

Abstract

For a given form $F\in \mathbb Z[x_1,\dots,x_s]$ we apply the circle method in order to give an asymptotic estimate of the number of $m$-tuples $\mathbf x_1, \dots, \mathbf x_m$ spanning a linear space on the hypersurface $F(\mathbf x) = 0$ with the property that $\det ( (\mathbf x_1, \dots, \mathbf x_m)^t \, (\mathbf x_1, \dots, \mathbf x_m)) = b$. This allows us in some measure to count rational linear spaces on hypersurfaces whose underlying integer lattice is primitive.