The Fourier uniformity conjecture for the Liouville function
The Fourier uniformity conjecture for the Liouville function
Let be the Liouville function, defined by , where counts prime factors with multiplicity. Let be any function tending to infinity with , and let . Fourier uniformity conjecture. One has
as . The conjecture asserts negligible correlation between and linear phases in almost all short intervals, with the frequency allowed to depend arbitrarily on the interval. It was previously known for , and this paper proves it unconditionally for ; the conjecture remains open below the stated range.
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Cédric Pilatte, “Improved bounds for the Fourier uniformity conjecture”, arXiv:2604.26564 (2026).
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