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A few notes on the asymptotic behavior of Rademacher random multiplicative functions

Probability 2026-05-12 v4 Dynamical Systems Number Theory

Abstract

Let Xp,p\cPX_p, p\in\cP be a sequence of independent random variables s.t. \bbP(Xp=±1)=1/2\bbP(X_p=\pm 1)=1/2. Let \tej=pjXp\te_j=\prod_{p|j}X_p if jj is square free and \tej=0\te_j=0 otherwise. Denote Sn==1n\teS_n=\sum_{\ell=1}^n\te_\ell. The from this point of view proving limit theorems for SnS_n is natural problem, since SnS_n mimics the behavior of eln(β)e^{\sqrt{\ln(\beta)}}. It is a natural guiding conjecture that Sn/nS_n/\sqrt n obeys the central limit theorem (CLT). However, S. Chatterjee conjectured (as expressed in \cite{[25]}) that the CLT should not hold. Chatterjee's conjecture was proved by Harper \cite{[17]}, and by now it is a direct consequence of a more recent breakthrough by Harper \cite{Har20} that Snbn0\frac{S_n}{b_n}\to 0 in L1L^1, where bn=(n1/2(ln(ln(n)))1/4)un,unb_n=(n^{1/2}(\ln(\ln(n)))^{-1/4})u_n, u_n\to\infty. In particular Sn/n0S_n/\sqrt n\to 0. Nevertheless, the question whether there exists a sequence an=o(bn)a_n=o(b_n) such that Sn/anS_n/a_n converges to some limit remains a mystery. Note that the corresponding problem in the Steinhaus Setting was recently resolved by \cite{Gor1}. In this paper make an attempt to shed some light on the convergence of Sn/anS_n/a_n. Additionally, we obtain explicit estimates on hight moments of SnS_n without restrictions on the size of the moment compared to nn like in \cite[Theorem 1.2]{Har19}, which is of independent interest. This is achieved by a martingale argument together with the Burkholder inequality, and it has applications in a natural number theoretic combinatorial problem. Using martingale techniques we will also obtain exponential concentration inequalities for SnS_n (in the large deviations regime)

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@article{arxiv.2509.19067,
  title  = {A few notes on the asymptotic behavior of Rademacher random multiplicative functions},
  author = {Yeor Hafouta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.19067},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Closer to optimal moment conditions are obtained under RH