On Linnik's conjecture: sums of squares and microsquares

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNT132zbMATH Open1318.11127arXiv1302.1454OpenAlexW2125001041WikidataQ122958320 ScholiaQ122958320MaRDI QIDQ2929658FDOQ2929658

Authors: Trevor D. Wooley 

Publication date: 14 November 2014

Published in: IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that almost all natural numbers n not divisible by 4, and not congruent to 7 modulo 8, are represented as the sum of three squares, one of which is the square of an integer no larger than (log n)^{1+e} (any e>0). This answers a conjecture of Linnik for almost all natural numbers, and sharpens a conclusion of Bourgain, Rudnick and Sarnak concerning nearest neighbour distances between normalised integral points on the sphere.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.1454

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zbMATH Keywords

circle methodexceptional setsLinnik's conjecturemicrosquares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Waring's problem and variants (11P05) Goldbach-type theorems; other additive questions involving primes (11P32)

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