Host–Kra versus Weyl complexity (conjectured equivalence)
Prove that for any family of essentially distinct integer polynomials a_1,...,a_ℓ, the Host–Kra complexity equals the Weyl complexity, i.e., the minimal Host–Kra factor controlling the averages on totally ergodic systems coincides with that determined via equidistribution on Weyl systems.
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Thereafter, it has been conjectured on many occasions Section 0.10, Section 0.B, Section 5.1.1, Conjecture 1.9 that these two notions of complexity should be the same.
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