Polynomial van der Corput conjecture over function fields

Let Fq[t]{\mathbb F_q}[t] be the polynomial ring over the finite field Fq{\mathbb F_q}. For a set HFq[t]{0}{\mathcal H}\subset {\mathbb F_q}[t]\setminus\{0\}, being van der Corput means that whenever a sequence (ax)xFq[t](a_x)_{x\in {\mathbb F_q}[t]} has equidistributed differences (ax+hax)xFq[t](a_{x+h}-a_x)_{x\in {\mathbb F_q}[t]} for every hHh\in {\mathcal H}, the original sequence is equidistributed. A polynomial Φ(u)Fq[t][u]{0}\Phi(u)\in {\mathbb F_q}[t][u]\setminus\{0\} is said to have a root modulo gg if it has a root in the quotient ring modulo gg. Polynomial van der Corput conjecture. If Φ\Phi has a root modulo every nonzero gFq[t]g\in {\mathbb F_q}[t], then

{Φ(x):xFq[t]}{0}\left\{\Phi(x):x\in {\mathbb F_q}[t]\right\}\setminus\{0\}

is a van der Corput set, and hence is intersective. This is the function-field analogue of the corresponding result for integer polynomials; the status evidence states that the conjecture remains open when the degree of Φ\Phi is at least pp.

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Thái Hoàng Lê, Yu-Ru Liu and Trevor D. Wooley, “Equidistribution of polynomial sequences in function fields, with applications”, arXiv:1311.0892 (2023).

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