Weighted dual quadratic large sieve conjecture

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Let r1r\geq 1 be fixed, let δ>0\delta>0, and suppose that Hn1/2+δH\geq n^{1/2+\delta}. Put M=H/nM=H/\sqrt n. Let D2r(H,M;ω)\mathcal{D}_{2r}(H,M;\omega) denote the weighted dual moment defined by

D2r(H,M;ω)=hHmMVω;h,me(h24m)2r.\mathcal{D}_{2r}(H,M;\omega)=\sum_{h\sim H}\left|\sum_{m\asymp M}V_{\omega;h,m}e\left(\frac{h^2}{4m}\right)\right|^{2r}.

Weighted dual quadratic large sieve conjecture. For every ε>0\varepsilon>0,

D2r(H,M;ω)r,ε,δHMrnεΦr(ω),\mathcal{D}_{2r}(H,M;\omega)\ll_{r,\varepsilon,\delta}HM^rn^\varepsilon\Phi_r(\omega),

uniformly for 1ωn/101\leq\omega\leq n/10, with the dependence on nn suppressed in the notation. In the ideal case one expects Φr(ω)nε\Phi_r(\omega)\ll n^\varepsilon.

This estimate is the missing higher-moment input suggested by the dual expansion. Establishing the ideal factor would yield the expected square-root-cancellation behavior in the dual variable, but the source does not state that it is known.

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Primary source

Yixiu Xiao, “Moment Estimates and Discrepancy for Sums of Square Roots Modulo One”, arXiv:2606.28986 (2026).

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