Manin's conjecture for singular cubic hypersurfaces

Abstract

Let S Q denote x 3 = Q(y 1 ,. .. , y m)z where Q is a primitive positive definite quadratic form in m variables with integer coefficients. This S Q ranges over a class of singular cubic hypersurfaces as Q varies. For S Q we prove (i) Manin's conjecture is true if Q is locally determined with 2 | m and m 4; (ii) in general Manin's conjecture is true up to a leading constant if 2 | m and m 6.