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Let's define , $$R_{p^m,k}(n)=\#\{(a_1,\dots,a_k)\in\mathbb{Z}^k:\sum_{i=1}^ka_i^2\le n \ \text{and} \ p^m|\sum_{i=1}^ka_i^2\}$$ what will be growth bound of $R_{p^m,k}(n)$? This can be thought as a extended version of Gauss's Circle problem.

I am interested only in the case of $k=4$ but would be happy to know in general? Any reference will be highly helpful.

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By a simple volume argument (resembling Gauss's original argument in the circle problem) it is easy to see that $$R_{p^m,k}(n)\sim \frac{S_{p^m,k}}{p^{km}}\cdot\frac{(\pi n)^{k/2}}{\Gamma(k/2+1)},$$ where $S_{p^m,k}$ is the number of solutions of the congruence $$\sum_{i=1}^k x_i^2\equiv 0\pmod{p^m}.$$ The quantity $S_{p^m,k}$ can be expressed more explicitly via Hensel's lemma (reducing it to $m=1$ when $p>2$, and to $m=3$ when $p=2$).

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