The higher-power modulus spacing conjecture

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For k1k\geq 1 and QNQ\in\mathbb N, define

Sk,Q={aqkQ:gcd(a,q)=1, 1a<qk, Q<q2Q}.S_{k,Q}=\left\{\frac{a}{q^k}\in\mathbb Q:\gcd(a,q)=1,\ 1\leq a<q^k,\ Q<q\leq 2Q\right\}.

The distance from a real number to the nearest integer is denoted by \|\cdot\|.

Higher-power modulus spacing conjecture. The local multiplicity of Sk,QS_{k,Q} at scale Qk1Q^{-k-1} should satisfy

maxxSk,Q#{xSk,Q:xx<Qk1}Qϵ,\max_{x\in S_{k,Q}}\#\left\{x'\in S_{k,Q}:\|x-x'\|<Q^{-k-1}\right\}\ll Q^{\epsilon},

where the implied constant depends only on kk and ϵ\epsilon.

This is proposed as an analogue of the square-modulus spacing conjecture for higher powers, and the source explicitly expresses it with less confidence. No resolution is stated.

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Primary source

Liangyi Zhao, “Large Sieve Inequalities for Characters to Square Moduli”, arXiv:math/0508125 (2005).

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