On the quantitative distribution of polynomial nilsequences -- erratum

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2014.179.3.8zbMATH Open1290.37004arXiv1311.6170OpenAlexW2097261845MaRDI QIDQ2453593FDOQ2453593

Authors: Terence Tao, Ben Green 

Publication date: 10 June 2014

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This is an erratum to 'On the quantitative distribution of polynomial nilsequences' [GT]. The proof of Theorem 8.6 of that paper, which claims a distribution result for multiparameter polynomial sequences on nilmanifolds, was incorrect. We provide two fixes for this issue here. First, we deduce the "equal sides" case $N_1=dots=N_t=N$ of [GT, Theorem 8.6] from the 1-parameter results in [GT]. This is the same basic mode of argument we attempted in the original paper, though the details are different. The equal sides case is the only one required in applications such as the proof of the inverse conjectures for the Gowers norms due to the authors and Ziegler. Second, we sketch a proof that [GT, Theorem 8.6] does in fact hold in its originally stated form, that is to say without the equal sides condition. To obtain this statement the entire argument of [GT] must be run in the context of multiparameter polynomial sequences $g:mathbb{Z}^{t}ightarrowG$ rather than 1-parameter sequences $g:mathbbZightarrowG$ as is currently done.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.6170

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zbMATH Keywords

equidistributionnilmanifoldnilsequencesGowers norms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Primes in congruence classes (11N13)

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