Sparse large sieve conjecture for function fields

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Let Fq[t]\boldsymbol{F}_q[t] be the polynomial ring over the finite field with qq elements. Let S\boldsymbol{S} be a set of nonzero monic polynomials in Fq[t]\boldsymbol{F}_q[t] of degree at most QQ, where QQ and NN are positive integers, and let (ag)(a_g) be arbitrary complex numbers indexed by polynomials g∈Fq[t]g\in\boldsymbol{F}_q[t] with deg⁡g≤N\deg g\leq N. For ε>0\varepsilon>0, the conjecture asserts

∑f∈S∑rmodf(r,f)=1∣∑g∈Fq[t]deg⁡g≤Nage(g⋅rf)∣2≪q,εqε(Q+N)(qN+(♯S)qQ)∑g∈Fq[t]deg⁡g≤N∣ag∣2.\sum_{f\in S}\sum_{\substack{r\bmod f\\(r,f)=1}}\left|\sum_{\substack{g\in\boldsymbol{F}_q[t]\deg g\leq N}}a_g e\left(g\cdot\frac{r}{f}\right)\right|^2 \ll_{q,\varepsilon}q^{\varepsilon(Q+N)}\left(q^N+\left(\sharp S\right)q^Q\right)\sum_{\substack{g\in\boldsymbol{F}_q[t]\deg g\leq N}}|a_g|^2.

This is a plausible weakening of a previously claimed sparse large sieve bound, whose general validity was disproved by a counterexample; whether this weakened estimate holds for arbitrary sets SS, or requires additional conditions, is unknown.}

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Stephan Baier, Arpit Bansal and Rajneesh Kumar Singh, “Divisibility problems for function fields”, arXiv:1803.07457 (2019).

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