Abstract
We enhance the efficient congruencing method for estimating Vinogradov’s integral for moments of order 2s, with 1⩽s⩽k2−1. In this way, we prove the main conjecture for such even moments when 1⩽s⩽14(k+1)2, showing that the moments exhibit strongly diagonal behaviour in this range. There are improvements also for larger values of s, these finding application to the asymptotic formula in Waring’s problem.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 199-236 |
| Number of pages | 38 |
| Journal | Acta Mathematica |
| Volume | 213 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 25 Nov 2014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2014 |
Keywords
- math.NT
- 11L15, 11L07, 11P05, 11P55