The conjectural mean value estimate for Weyl sums associated with (n3,n)(n^3,n)

About 1 year old · traced to

For 0≤u≤d−10\leq u\leq d-1, define

Ip,d(u;N)=∫[0,1)×[0,N−u)×[0,1)d−2∣fd(α;N)∣p dα,\mathcal{I}_{p,d}(u;N)=\int_{[0,1)\times[0,N^{-u})\times[0,1)^{d-2}}|f_d(\boldsymbol{\alpha};N)|^p\,d\boldsymbol{\alpha},

where d≥2d\geq2, α=(αd,…,α1)∈Rd\boldsymbol{\alpha}=(\alpha_d,\ldots,\alpha_1)\in\mathbb{R}^d, and

fd(α;N)=∑1≤n≤Ne(αdnd+⋯+α1n).f_d(\boldsymbol{\alpha};N)=\sum_{1\leq n\leq N}e(\alpha_dn^d+\cdots+\alpha_1n).

The conjectural Weyl-sum estimate. For d≥2d\geq2, 0≤u≤d−10\leq u\leq d-1, and even pp, one has

∫[0,N−u)×[0,1)d−1∣fd(α;N)∣p dα≪Nϵ(Np−d(d+1)/2+Np/2−u).\int_{[0,N^{-u})\times[0,1)^{d-1}}|f_d(\boldsymbol{\alpha};N)|^p\,d\boldsymbol{\alpha}\ll N^{\epsilon}\left(N^{p-d(d+1)/2}+N^{p/2-u}\right).

In the surrounding discussion, the case d=3d=3 and u=2u=2 is related to the conjectural mean value estimate for Weyl sums associated with (n3,n)(n^3,n), and is stated to remain open; the case u=1u=1 is an intermediate result proved by the paper's corollary. The source does not provide a resolution of the general conjecture.

References

Primary source

Changkeun Oh and Kiseok Yeon, “An extended Vinogradov's mean value theorem”, arXiv:2506.01751 (2025).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.