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Spacing statistics for a point scatterer on the cubic three-torus

Christopher Lutsko
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We study the new eigenvalues of a fixed point interaction on the cubic three-torus. Their mean-one consecutive spacings converge to a probability law independent of the interaction parameter. We characterize this law by the consecutive zeros of a random meromorphic function built from three-squares congruence densities. Its small-gap distribution has the form $s^5Ψ(\log_2(s^{-2}))+o(s^5)$, where $Ψ$ is continuous, positive, and one-periodic. The proof combines periodic mean-square approximation, a weighted Hilbert-transform estimate, and Fourier estimates that retain the interactions between primes.

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Christopher Lutsko. 2026-10-07. Spacing statistics for a point scatterer on the cubic three-torus. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.10031

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