Uniform distribution of integral points on multidimensional ellipsoids

Let Q(X), X^T=(x₁,...,x_l), be a positive definite, integral-valued, primitive, quadratic form of l4 variables, let () be the number of solutions of Eq. Q(X)=n, let (,) be the number of the solution of the equation Q(X)=n such that X/, where is an arbitrary convex domain on Q(X)=1 with a piecewise smooth boundary. One investigates the asymptotic behavior of the quantity (,) (n). In the case of an even l4 the result is formulated in the following manner: for (n,N)=1 and n one has, >o, where() is the measure of the domain , normalized by the condition(E)=1, where E is the ellipsoid Q(X)=1. Weaker results have been obtained earlier by various authors. In the case of the simplest domains (belt, cap) the remainder in (1) can be brought to the form. The last estimate for large l is close to an unimprovable one. The proof makes use of the theory of modular forms and of Deligne's estimates.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 154, pp. 144–153, 1986.