The quantitative behaviour of polynomial orbits on nilmanifolds

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2012.175.2.2zbMATH Open1251.37012arXiv0709.3562OpenAlexW2963575640WikidataQ93273268 ScholiaQ93273268MaRDI QIDQ410106FDOQ410106

Ben Green, Terence Tao

Publication date: 17 April 2012

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

Abstract: A theorem of Leibman asserts that a polynomial orbit $(g(1),g(2),g(3),ldots)$ on a nilmanifold $G/Gamma$ is always equidistributed in a union of closed sub-nilmanifolds of $G/Gamma$. In this paper we give a quantitative version of Leibman's result, describing the uniform distribution properties of a finite polynomial orbit $(g(1),ldots,g(N))$ in a nilmanifold. More specifically we show that there is a factorization $g=epsilon{g}^{\prime }gamma$, where $epsilon(n)$ is "smooth", $gamma(n)$ is periodic and "rational", and $(g^{\prime }(a),g^{\prime }(a+d),ldots,g^{\prime }(a+d(l-1)))$ is uniformly distributed (up to a specified error $delta$) inside some subnilmanifold $G^{\prime }/Gamm{a}^{\prime }$ of $G/Gamma$, for all sufficiently dense arithmetic progressions $a,a+d,ldots,a+d(l-1)$ inside $1,\mathrm{..},N$. Our bounds are uniform in $N$ and are polynomial in the error tolerance delta. In a subsequent paper we shall use this theorem to establish the Mobius and Nilsequences conjecture from our earlier paper "Linear equations in primes".

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3562

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Primes in congruence classes (11N13)

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