Gath's conjecture for Cygan--Korányi ball discrepancy

Let q3q\ge3, let Hq\mathbb H^q be the Heisenberg group, and let Bt=δtB1\mathcal B_t=\delta_t\mathcal B_1 be the Cygan--Korányi ball. Write the lattice-point error term as

Eq(t):=#(Z2q+1δtB1)vol(B1)t2q+2.\mathcal E_q(t):=\#\left(\mathbb Z^{2q+1}\cap\delta_t\mathcal B_1\right)-\operatorname{vol}(\mathcal B_1)t^{2q+2}.

Gath's conjecture. The optimal order of the error term is 2q12q-1; that is, the infimum of the exponents κ\kappa for which Eq(t)tκ|\mathcal E_q(t)|\lesssim t^\kappa holds equals 2q12q-1. For q=1q=1 the corresponding order is known to be optimal, while for q3q\ge3 the source gives an upper bound of order t2q23t^{2q-\frac23}, a lower bound of order t2q1(logt)14(loglogt)18t^{2q-1}(\log t)^{\frac14}(\log\log t)^{\frac18}, and a sharp second-moment estimate of magnitude t2q1t^{2q-1}. The conjecture therefore remains open in the stated range.

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Primary source

Sheng-Chen Mao and Sibei Yang, “Lattice point counting in Cygan–Korányi balls on Heisenberg groups”, arXiv:2607.10971 (2026).

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