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A note on P\'olya's observation concerning Liouville's function

Number Theory 2013-04-30 v1

Abstract

We show that a certain weighted mean of the Liouville function lambda(n) is negative. In this sense, we can say that the Liouville function is negative "on average".

Cite

@article{arxiv.1112.4911,
  title  = {A note on P\'olya's observation concerning Liouville's function},
  author = {Richard P. Brent and Jan van de Lune},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.4911},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

6 pages; In "Herman J. J. te Riele Liber Amicorum", CWI, Amsterdam, December 2010

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