Quantitative generalized von Neumann conjecture for polynomial progressions

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Let P1,…,Ps∈Z[x]P_1,\dots,P_s\in\mathbb{Z}[x] be linearly independent polynomials that vanish at zero. Let fω:Z/NZ→Cf_\omega:\mathbb{Z}/N\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{C} be one-bounded functions for each ω∈{0,1}s\omega\in\{0,1\}^s, and let 0≤t≤s0\le t\le s be a natural number. Write

P(y)=(P1(y),P2(y),…,Ps(y)),ω=(ω1,…,ωs),P(y)=(P_1(y),P_2(y),\dots,P_s(y)),\qquad \omega=(\omega_1,\dots,\omega_s),

and define ω⋅P(y)=∑i=1sωiPi(y)\omega\cdot P(y)=\sum_{i=1}^s\omega_iP_i(y). Quantitative polynomial progression conjecture. One has

Ex,y∏ω∈{0,1}s∣ω∣=tfω(x+ω⋅P(y))=Ex,h1,…,hs∏ω∈{0,1}s∣ω∣≤tfω(x+ω⋅h)+O(1log⁡(O(1))(N)).\mathbb{E}_{x,y}\prod_{\substack{\omega\in\{0,1\}^s\\|\omega|=t}}f_\omega(x+\omega\cdot P(y)) =\mathbb{E}_{x,h_1,\dots,h_s}\prod_{\substack{\omega\in\{0,1\}^s\\|\omega|\le t}}f_\omega(x+\omega\cdot h)+O\left(\frac{1}{\log_{(O(1))}(N)}\right).

This would extend the paper's quantitative counting result to polynomial patterns of true complexity one and to other progressions considered in the cited work; the claim is presented as a direction for further work and is not established here.

References

Primary source

James Leng, “A Quantitative Bound For Szemerédi's Theorem for a Complexity One Polynomial Progression over Z/NZ”, arXiv:2205.05540 (2024).

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