The error term of the fourth moment of the Riemann zeta-function
We examine the size of $E_{2}(T)$, the error term in the asymptotic formula for $\int_{0}^{T} |ζ(1/2 + it)|^{4}\, dt$ where $ζ(s)$ is the Riemann zeta-function. We reduce the powers of $\log T$ in the known bounds for $E_{2}(T)$ and $\int_{0}^{T} E_{2}(t)^{2}\, dt$. As a consequence, we obtain small logarithmic improvements for $k$th moments where $8\leq k\leq 12$. In particular, we obtain $\int_0^T|ζ(1/2+it)|^{12}\,dt\ll T^2(\log T)^{15}$.