The hyperbolic lattice counting problem in large dimensions

Abstract

For $n\geq 3$ and $\Gamma$ a cocompact lattice acting on the hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^n$, we investigate the average behaviour of the error term in the circle problem. First, we explore the local average of the error term over compact sets of $\Gamma\backslash\mathbb{H}^n$. Our upper bound depends on the quantum variance and the spectral exponential sums appearing in the study of the Prime geodesic theorem. We also prove $\Omega$-results for the mean value and the second moment of the error term.