Improved error bounds for lattice rules (Q2365842)

The author provides new bounds for the error in rank one lattice rule approximations to multiple integrals of periodic functions over the unit \(s\)-cube. Earlier work by the author in the late 1970's had shown that there exist \(N\) point lattice rules with error bounds that decrease like \(KN^{-\alpha}(\log N)^{s\alpha}\), where \(\alpha> 1\) measures the rate of decrease of the Fourier coefficients for the integrand and \(K\) is a constant independent of \(N\) that increases exponentially with \(s\). More recently, work by \textit{S. Disney} [Monatsh. Math. 110, No. 2, 89-100 (1990; Zbl 0721.65009)] and \textit{S. Disney} and \textit{I. H. Sloan} [Math. Comput. 56, No. 193, 257-266 (1991; Zbl 0713.65016)] produced bounds with new \(K\)'s that decrease like \((2e/s)^{\alpha s}\), when \(s\) increases. The author's new bounds have a similar type of decrease but are derived in a different manner.