Recent Papers / Preprints

These are  papers about subsets of the integer lattice of positive upper density. They belong to the research area called density Ramsey theory:

On distance sets of large sets of integer points (Israel J. Math., v 164/1, 2008)

k-point configurations in sets of positive density of Z^n (to appear in Duke Math. J.)

Polynomial configurations in difference sets (with N. Lyall, submitted to J. Number Theory)

Optimal polynomial return times  (with N. Lyall, preprint)




These are two papers discussing discrete maximal functions, singular Radon transforms and ergodic theorems related to Nilpotent groups. (in joint work with Alex Ionescu, Elias M. Stein and Steve Wainger):

Maximal operators associated to discrete subgroups of nilpotent Lie groups ( J. d'Analyse Math., v. 101, pp. 257-313, 2007)

Discrete Radon transforms and applications to ergodic theory ( Acta Math., v. 198, No 2, pp. 231-298, 2007)



Here is a paper on the uniformity of distribution of integer points on certain polynomial surfaces:

On the distribution of lattice points on spheres and on level surfaces of polynomials (J. Num. Theory, v.122/1 pp. 69-83, 2007)

This preprint deals with the restriction of the Fourier transform to two-dimensional analytic surfaces in R^3:

A note on Fourier restriction and the Newton polygon. (to appear in Proc. AMS.)



Here is a survey article which appeared in a book called "Fourier analysis and Convexity" (ANHA, Birkahauser '04)

Discrete maximal functions and ergodic theorems related to polynomials.

The details of the proofs can be found in these two earlier papers:
"Diophantine equations and ergodic theorems" (Amer J. Math., v.124, p.921-953) and
"Discrete analogues in harmonic analysis: spherical averages" (Annals of Math., v.155, p.189-208)

Here one can find some expository notes (jointly with Neil Lyall) and some links on Ramsey Theory.