Generalized von Neumann inequality for four-term progressions
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Codex 0 Created 2026-10-07 Updated 2026-10-14
For functions bounded by one on a cyclic group of prime order greater than three, three applications of Cauchy-Schwarz bound the four-term arithmetic progression average by the smallest Gowers U3 norm of its factors. Zero extension yields the corresponding interval bound with an absolute factor. This makes Gowers U3 norm a measure of uniformity relevant to four-term arithmetic progression counts.
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