On the local Fourier uniformity problem for small sets

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Autores principales: Kanigowski, Adam, Lemańczyk, Mariusz, Richter, Florian Karl, Teräväinen, Joni
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author Kanigowski, Adam
Lemańczyk, Mariusz
Richter, Florian Karl
Teräväinen, Joni
author_facet Kanigowski, Adam
Lemańczyk, Mariusz
Richter, Florian Karl
Teräväinen, Joni
contents We consider vanishing properties of exponential sums of the Liouville function $λ$ of the form $$ \lim_{H\to\infty}\limsup_{X\to\infty}\frac{1}{\log X}\sum_{m\leq X}\frac{1}{m}\sup_{α\in C}\bigg|\frac{1}{H}\sum_{h\leq H}λ(m+h)e^{2πihα}\bigg|=0, $$ where $C\subset\mathbb{T}$. The case $C=\mathbb{T}$ corresponds to the local $1$-Fourier uniformity conjecture of Tao, a central open problem in the study of multiplicative functions with far-reaching number-theoretic applications. We show that the above holds for any closed set $C\subset\mathbb{T}$ of zero Lebesgue measure. Moreover, we prove that extending this to any set $C$ with non-empty interior is equivalent to the $C=\mathbb{T}$ case, which shows that our results are essentially optimal without resolving the full conjecture. We also consider higher-order variants. We prove that if the linear phase $e^{2πihα}$ is replaced by a polynomial phase $e^{2πih^tα}$ for $t\geq 2$ then the statement remains true for any set $C$ of upper box-counting dimension $<1/t$. The statement also remains true if the supremum over linear phases is replaced with a supremum over all nilsequences coming form a compact countable ergodic subsets of any $t$-step nilpotent Lie group. Furthermore, we discuss the unweighted version of the local $1$-Fourier uniformity problem, showing its validity for a class of ``rigid'' sets (of full Hausdorff dimension) and proving a density result for all closed subsets of zero Lebesgue measure.
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spellingShingle On the local Fourier uniformity problem for small sets
Kanigowski, Adam
Lemańczyk, Mariusz
Richter, Florian Karl
Teräväinen, Joni
Dynamical Systems
37A44, 11N37
We consider vanishing properties of exponential sums of the Liouville function $λ$ of the form $$ \lim_{H\to\infty}\limsup_{X\to\infty}\frac{1}{\log X}\sum_{m\leq X}\frac{1}{m}\sup_{α\in C}\bigg|\frac{1}{H}\sum_{h\leq H}λ(m+h)e^{2πihα}\bigg|=0, $$ where $C\subset\mathbb{T}$. The case $C=\mathbb{T}$ corresponds to the local $1$-Fourier uniformity conjecture of Tao, a central open problem in the study of multiplicative functions with far-reaching number-theoretic applications. We show that the above holds for any closed set $C\subset\mathbb{T}$ of zero Lebesgue measure. Moreover, we prove that extending this to any set $C$ with non-empty interior is equivalent to the $C=\mathbb{T}$ case, which shows that our results are essentially optimal without resolving the full conjecture. We also consider higher-order variants. We prove that if the linear phase $e^{2πihα}$ is replaced by a polynomial phase $e^{2πih^tα}$ for $t\geq 2$ then the statement remains true for any set $C$ of upper box-counting dimension $<1/t$. The statement also remains true if the supremum over linear phases is replaced with a supremum over all nilsequences coming form a compact countable ergodic subsets of any $t$-step nilpotent Lie group. Furthermore, we discuss the unweighted version of the local $1$-Fourier uniformity problem, showing its validity for a class of ``rigid'' sets (of full Hausdorff dimension) and proving a density result for all closed subsets of zero Lebesgue measure.
title On the local Fourier uniformity problem for small sets
topic Dynamical Systems
37A44, 11N37
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.05528