Quadratic uniformity of the Möbius function
Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Volume 58 (2008) no. 6, pp. 1863-1935.

We prove the “Möbius and Nilsequences Conjecture” for nilsystems of step 1 and 2. This paper forms a part of our program to generalise the Hardy-Littlewood method so as to handle systems of linear equations in primes.

On établit la conjecture « Möbius et Nilsuites » pour les nilsystèmes de rang 1 et 2. Ce papier est une partie de notre programme, dont le but est une généralisation de la méthode de Hardy-Littlewood en vue d’étudier les systèmes d’équations linéaires dans les nombres premiers.

DOI: 10.5802/aif.2401
Classification: 11B99
Keywords: Quadratic uniformity, Möbius function
Mot clés : uniformité quadratique, fonction de Möbius
Green, Ben 1; Tao, Terence 2

1 Centre for Mathematical Sciences Wilberforce Road Cambridge CB3 0WA (England)
2 UCLA Department of Mathematics Los Angeles CA 90095-1596 (USA)
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Green, Ben; Tao, Terence. Quadratic uniformity of the Möbius function. Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Volume 58 (2008) no. 6, pp. 1863-1935. doi : 10.5802/aif.2401. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.5802/aif.2401/

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