An introduction to decoupling and harmonic analysis over $\mathbb{Q}_p$

Zane Kun Li

Published 2022-09-04Version 1

The goal of this expository paper is to provide an introduction to decoupling by working in the simpler setting of decoupling for the parabola over $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Over $\mathbb{Q}_p$, commonly used heuristics in decoupling are significantly easier to make rigorous over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ than over $\mathbb{R}$ and such decoupling theorems over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ are still strong enough to derive interesting number theoretic conclusions.