Ideal moment conjecture for sums of square roots modulo one

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Let r1r\geq 1 be fixed. For hHh\sim H, define the moment M2r(H,n)M_{2r}(H,n) as in the source. Ideal moment conjecture. For every fixed δ>0\delta>0 and every ε>0\varepsilon>0, one expects

M2r(H,n)r,ε,δnε{nrH12r,1Hn1/2δ,\Hnr,Hn1/2+δ.M_{2r}(H,n)\ll_{r,\varepsilon,\delta}n^\varepsilon\begin{cases}n^rH^{1-2r},&1\leq H\leq n^{1/2-\delta},\Hn^r,&H\geq n^{1/2+\delta}. \end{cases}

The two ranges reflect the complementary pointwise and dual-expansion heuristics. The intermediate range n1/2δ<H<n1/2+δn^{1/2-\delta}<H<n^{1/2+\delta} is not covered by the stated conjecture, and the source presents these bounds as expected rather than established.

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

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