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Tao Section 5: summing the Type I envelope, as the argument gives it

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TaoFivePrimes.theorem51_typeI_block_summation_as_proved

by Hartmann_Psi · Sep 14, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

analytic-number-theoryexponential-sumsgoldbachnumber-theory

Summing the Type I pointwise envelope, with the constants the argument gives. Let q≥4q\ge4q≥4 with (a,q)=1(a,q)=1(a,q)=1, let 4α=aq+β4\alpha=\frac aq+\beta4α=qa​+β with ∣β∣≤q−2|\beta|\le q^{-2}∣β∣≤q−2, let x>0x>0x>0 and U,V≥40U,V\ge40U,V≥40 with UV≤x4UV\le\frac x4UV≤4x​, and let WWW be any nonnegative function satisfying, for every positive odd d≤UVd\le UVd≤UV,

W(d) ≤ min⁡(12xdlog⁡x+4(log⁡2)log⁡2x, 4(log⁡2)log⁡2x∣sin⁡(2πdα)∣)W(d)\ \le\ \min\Bigl(\frac12\frac xd\log x+4(\log2)\log2x,\ \frac{4(\log2)\log2x}{|\sin(2\pi d\alpha)|}\Bigr)W(d) ≤ min(21​dx​logx+4(log2)log2x, ∣sin(2πdα)∣4(log2)log2x​)

(the second alternative dropped when the sine vanishes). Then

∑d≤UVd oddW(d) ≤ xq(log⁡x)(log⁡(2UVq+4)+4)+1.78(UV+52q)(8+log⁡q)log⁡(2x).\sum_{\substack{d\le UV\\ d\text{ odd}}}W(d)\ \le\ \frac xq(\log x)\Bigl(\log\Bigl(\frac{2UV}{q}+4\Bigr)+4\Bigr)+1.78\Bigl(UV+\frac52q\Bigr)(8+\log q)\log(2x).d≤UVd odd​∑​W(d) ≤ qx​(logx)(log(q2UV​+4)+4)+1.78(UV+25​q)(8+logq)log(2x).

This is the combinatorial half of the source's Type I estimate, separated from the analysis that produces the envelope, and with the two constants its own chain yields. Writing C=4(log⁡2)log⁡2xC=4(\log2)\log2xC=4(log2)log2x, the range of ddd splits as follows. For d≤q2d\le\frac q2d≤2q​ one has ∥4dα∥R/Z≥1q−q/2q2=12q\|4d\alpha\|_{\mathbb R/\mathbb Z}\ge\frac1q-\frac{q/2}{q^2}=\frac1{2q}∥4dα∥R/Z​≥q1​−q2q/2​=2q1​, hence 1∣sin⁡(2πdα)∣≤2q\frac{1}{|\sin(2\pi d\alpha)|}\le2q∣sin(2πdα)∣1​≤2q and W(d)≤min⁡(2qC,C∣sin⁡∣)W(d)\le\min(2qC,\frac{C}{|\sin|})W(d)≤min(2qC,∣sin∣C​), and the odd-restricted Vinogradov lemma bounds that contribution by 2qC+1πCqlog⁡4q2qC+\frac1\pi Cq\log4q2qC+π1​Cqlog4q. Each subsequent block 2jq+q2<d≤2(j+1)q+q22jq+\frac q2<d\le2(j+1)q+\frac q22jq+2q​<d≤2(j+1)q+2q​, 0≤j≤UV2q−140\le j\le\frac{UV}{2q}-\frac140≤j≤2qUV​−41​, has length exactly 2q2q2q, so the same lemma applies with prefactor 222 and the first alternative frozen at the block's left endpoint, giving 2x2jq+q/2log⁡x+4C+4πCqlog⁡4q2\frac{x}{2jq+q/2}\log x+4C+\frac4\pi Cq\log4q22jq+q/2x​logx+4C+π4​Cqlog4q. Summing the harmonic part by the integral test — including its j=0j=0j=0 term — produces the first term, and the rest is bounded by 1πC(2UV+5q)(π+log⁡4q)\frac1\pi C(2UV+5q)(\pi+\log4q)π1​C(2UV+5q)(π+log4q), which is at most 1.78(UV+52q)(8+log⁡q)log⁡2x1.78(UV+\frac52q)(8+\log q)\log2x1.78(UV+25​q)(8+logq)log2x since 8log⁡2π≤1.78\frac{8\log2}\pi\le1.78π8log2​≤1.78 and π+log⁡4q≤8+log⁡q\pi+\log4q\le8+\log qπ+log4q≤8+logq.

Formalization Note WWW is an arbitrary nonnegative function on N\mathbb NN, constrained only on the positive odd d≤UVd\le UVd≤UV, so the statement is exactly the passage from the envelope to the two terms and says nothing about exponential sums. The index set is the platform's theorem51Divisors U V, and the sine is written sin⁡(π⋅2α⋅d)\sin(\pi\cdot2\alpha\cdot d)sin(π⋅2α⋅d).

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_TaoFivePrimes_Theorem51Sums

open Finset
Formal statement
theorem TaoFivePrimes.theorem51_typeI_block_summation_as_proved
    (alpha beta : ℝ) (a : ℤ) (q : ℕ) (hq : 4 ≤ q) (haq : Nat.Coprime a.natAbs q)
    (halpha : 4 * alpha = (a : ℝ) / q + beta) (hbeta : |beta| ≤ 1 / (q : ℝ) ^ 2)
    (x U V : ℝ) (hx : 0 < x) (hU40 : 40 ≤ U) (hV40 : 40 ≤ V) (hUV : U * V ≤ x / 4)
    (W : ℕ → ℝ) (hW0 : ∀ d, 0 ≤ W d)
    (hWb : ∀ d ∈ TaoFivePrimes.theorem51Divisors U V,
        W d ≤ (if Real.sin (Real.pi * (2 * alpha) * (d : ℝ)) = 0 then
                  (1 / 2) * (x / (d : ℝ)) * Real.log x + 4 * Real.log 2 * Real.log (2 * x)
                else min ((1 / 2) * (x / (d : ℝ)) * Real.log x
                    + 4 * Real.log 2 * Real.log (2 * x))
                  (4 * Real.log 2 * Real.log (2 * x)
                    / |Real.sin (Real.pi * (2 * alpha) * (d : ℝ))|))) :
    (∑ d ∈ TaoFivePrimes.theorem51Divisors U V, W d)
      ≤ (x / q) * Real.log x * (Real.log (2 * U * V / q + 4) + 4)
        + 1.78 * (U * V + (5 / 2) * q) * (8 + Real.log q) * Real.log (2 * x) := by sorry
Source
Terence Tao, "Every odd number greater than 1 is the sum of at most five primes", Mathematics of Computation 83 (2014), 997-1038; arXiv:1201.6656, https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.6656, Section 5, estimation of the Type I sum, the block decomposition and integral test, with both constants as that argument yields them

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