The Gowers norm additive uncertainty conjecture

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Let N,dN,d be positive integers, let f:ZNd→Cf:\mathbb{Z}_N^d\to\mathbb{C} be a signal with support EE and Fourier support Σ\Sigma, and let ∥⋅∥Uk\|\cdot\|_{U^k} denote the Gowers UkU^k norm for k≥2k\geq 2. Gowers norm additive uncertainty conjecture. One should have

1≤∣E∣⋅∥1Σ∥Uk2k/(k+1).1\leq |E|\cdot\|1_\Sigma\|_{U^k}^{2^k/(k+1)}.

This extends the additive energy uncertainty principle from the U2U^2 norm to higher Gowers norms. The source presents it as a direction for future research and gives no resolution.

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Ivan Bortnovskyi, June Duvivier, Alex Iosevich, Josh Iosevich, Say-Yeon Kwon, Meiling Laurence, Michael Lucas, Tiancheng Pan, Eyvindur Palsson, Jennifer Smucker and Iana Vranesko, “Refined additive uncertainty principle”, arXiv:2510.26664 (2025).

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