## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Vinogradov’s mean value theorem via efficient congruencing, II

Trevor D. Wooley

#### Abstract

We apply the efficient congruencing method to estimate Vinogradov’s integral for moments of order $2s$, with $1\leqslant s\leqslant k^{2}-1$. Thereby, we show that quasi-diagonal behavior holds when $s=o(k^{2})$, and we obtain near-optimal estimates for $1\leqslant s\leqslant \frac{1}{4}k^{2}+k$ and optimal estimates for $s\geqslant k^{2}-1$. In this way we come halfway to proving the main conjecture in two different directions. There are consequences for estimates of Weyl type and in several allied applications. Thus, for example, the anticipated asymptotic formula in Waring’s problem is established for sums of $s$ $k$th powers of natural numbers whenever $s\geqslant 2k^{2}-2k-8$ $(k\geqslant 6)$.

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 162, Number 4 (2013), 673-730.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 15 March 2013

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1363355691

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/00127094-2079905

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2912712

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1312.11066

#### Citation

Wooley, Trevor D. Vinogradov’s mean value theorem via efficient congruencing, II. Duke Math. J. 162 (2013), no. 4, 673--730. doi:10.1215/00127094-2079905. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1363355691

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