Additive-energy conjecture for lattice points in a three-dimensional thin annulus

For λ>1\lambda>1 and δ(0,1)\delta\in(0,1), let

Aλ,δ={nZ3:n1>n2+n3, λδ<n<λ+δ}.\mathcal{A}_{\lambda,\delta}=\{n\in\mathbb{Z}^3:n_1>|n_2|+|n_3|,\ \lambda-\delta<|n|<\lambda+\delta\}.

For an even integer pp, define the additive energy by

Ep/2(A)={(a1,,ap)Ap:a1++ap/2=ap/2+1++ap}.E_{p/2}(A)=\left|\left\{(a_1,\ldots,a_p)\in A^p:a_1+\cdots+a_{p/2}=a_{p/2+1}+\cdots+a_p\right\}\right|.

Additive-energy conjecture. For Aλ,δ\mathcal{A}_{\lambda,\delta},

Ep/2(Aλ,δ)λpδp/2+λ2p3δp.E_{p/2}(\mathcal{A}_{\lambda,\delta})\lesssim\lambda^p\delta^{p/2}+\lambda^{2p-3}\delta^p.

This is an additive-combinatorial reformulation of even-integer spectral-projector bounds, with the three-dimensional version presented as an analogue of a conjecture previously stated in dimension two. The supplied text does not state whether this estimate has been proved or disproved.

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Primary source

Pierre Germain, Simon L. Rydin Myerson and Daniel Pezzi, “Bounds for spectral projectors on the three-dimensional torus”, arXiv:2508.05573 (2025).

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