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Chebotarev density theorem in short intervals for extensions of $\mathbb{F}_q(T)$

Number Theory 2024-10-15 v2

Abstract

An old open problem in number theory is whether Chebotarev density theorem holds in short intervals. More precisely, given a Galois extension EE of Q\mathbb{Q} with Galois group GG, a conjugacy class CC in GG and an 1ε>01\geq \varepsilon>0, one wants to compute the asymptotic of the number of primes xpx+xεx\leq p\leq x+x^{\varepsilon} with Frobenius conjugacy class in EE equal to CC. The level of difficulty grows as ε\varepsilon becomes smaller. Assuming the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis, one can merely reach the regime 1ε>1/21\geq\varepsilon>1/2. We establish a function field analogue of Chebotarev theorem in short intervals for any ε>0\varepsilon>0. Our result is valid in the limit when the size of the finite field tends to \infty and when the extension is tamely ramified at infinity. The methods are based on a higher dimensional explicit Chebotarev theorem, and applied in a much more general setting of arithmetic functions, which we name GG-factorization arithmetic functions.

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@article{arxiv.1810.06201,
  title  = {Chebotarev density theorem in short intervals for extensions of $\mathbb{F}_q(T)$},
  author = {Lior Bary-Soroker and Ofir Gorodetsky and Taelin Karidi and Will Sawin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.06201},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Incorporated referee comments. Accepted for publication in Trans. Amer. Math. Soc