Nelson's quadratic Hecke-sum conjecture

Let fHk(R(1))f\in H_k(R(1)), let ψC0(0,)\psi\in C_0^\infty(0,\infty), and let qQ[x]q\in\operatorname{\mathbb{Q}}[x] be an irreducible quadratic integer-valued polynomial. Nelson's quadratic Hecke-sum conjecture. One has

limkn1λf(q(n))ψ ⁣(nk)kL(1,Sym2(f))=0.\lim_{k\to\infty}\frac{\sum_{n\geq 1}\lambda_f(\lvert q(n)\rvert)\psi\!\left(\frac{n}{k}\right)}{kL(1,\operatorname{Sym}^2(f))}=0.

This conjecture is one of the arithmetic inputs used in Nelson's approach to mass equidistribution and quantum unique ergodicity. The paper uses the fixed-polynomial and fixed-test-function version displayed here, while noting that Nelson's formulation also varies them with kk; its resolution is not stated in the supplied text.

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Steven Creech, “Cancellation in Sums of Hecke Eigenvalues Over Quadratic Polynomials and Mass Equidistribution”, arXiv:2508.18666 (2025).

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