On the distribution of the number of lattice points inside a family of convex ovals (Q1196417)

Let \(\Omega_ \gamma\) be the domain enclosed by a simple convex smooth curve \(\gamma\) and \(\Omega_ \gamma(R)\) the ``blown up'' domain by a positive parameter \(R\). Let \(\alpha\in\mathbb{R}^ 2\) be a fixed point in the plane and \(\alpha+\mathbb{Z}^ 2=\{x=\alpha+n,n\in\mathbb{Z}^ 2\}\) a square lattice. Let \(N_ \gamma(R;\alpha)\) be the number of lattice points lying in \(\Omega_ \gamma(R)\) and put \[ F_ \gamma(R;\alpha)=(N_ \gamma(R;\alpha)-\text{Area} \Omega_ \gamma(R))/\sqrt R. \] The author studies the distribution of the error term \(F_ \gamma(R;\alpha)\) generalizing the work of \textit{D. R. Heath-Brown} [Acta Arith. 60, 389-415 (1992; Zbl 0725.11045)].