Lattice points and generalized Diophantine conditions (Q5949908)

Let \(N(t)\) be the number of lattice points in \(tD\), where \(D\) is a planar convex domain. It is well-known that the lattice rest \(R(t) =N(t)-|D|t^2\) is of order \(t^{2/3}\). Further, if the boundary has nonvanishing Gaussian curvature, one can construct a domain that contains exactly \(O(t^{2/3})\) lattice points.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEOtherwise, if the boundary contains single points with Gaussian curvature zero, a new situation arises. If the Gaussian curvature vanishes to order \(\leq m-2\), \(m>2\), then \textit{B. Randol} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 121, 257-268 (1966; Zbl 0135.10601)] showed that the lattice rest has the exact order \(t^{1-1/m}\). In this paper a more general class of convex domains is considered. So the curvature is allowed to vanish to infinite order. Similar results are obtained.