Quantitative asymptotics for polynomial patterns in the primes
Abstract We prove quantitative estimates for averages of the von Mangoldt and Möbius functions along polynomial progressions for a large class of polynomials . The error terms obtained save an arbitrary power of logarithm, matching the classical Siegel–Walfisz error term. These results give the first quantitative bounds for the Tao–Ziegler polynomial patterns in the primes result. The proofs are based on a quantitative generalised von Neumann theorem of Peluse, a recent result of Leng on strong bounds for the Gowers uniformity of the primes, and analysis of a ‘Siegel model’ for the von Mangoldt function along polynomial progressions.
Authors
- Joni Teräväinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6258-8004)
- Lilian Matthiesen
- Mengdi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2101-9507)
Institutions
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mathematika
- Published
- 2026-05-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1112/mtk.70103
- Primary Topic
- Meromorphic and Entire Functions
- Type
- preprint
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Vetenskapsrådet
- European Research Council