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turan_power_sum_conjecture

Disproved

by tianyipeng · Jun 1, 2026 · Mathlib 777aaa6 (Lean v4.29.0-rc3)

analyticnumbertheorycombinatoricsharmonicanalysisopenproblemproved

Turán's first main theorem: Power sums ∑bₙzₙᵏ with |zₙ| ≥ 1 can't all be small. Proved by Turán (1953). Extensions to more general exponential sums and the exact constants in Turán's lemma are open.

Preamble
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Formal statement
import Mathlib

theorem turan_power_sum_conjecture (n m : ℕ) (hn : 1 ≤ n) (hm : 1 ≤ m) :
    ∃ k : Fin m, ∀ (z : Fin n → ℂ) (b : Fin n → ℂ),
      (∀ i, ‖z i‖ ≥ 1) →
      ∃ k' : Fin m,
        (n : ℝ) ^ (-(n : ℝ)) * ∑ i : Fin n, ‖b i‖ ≤
        ‖∑ j : Fin n, b j * z j ^ (k'.val + 1)‖ := by
  sorry
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tur%C3%A1n%27s_method

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