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An elementary property of correlations

Number Theory 2019-01-11 v1

Abstract

We study the shift-Ramanujan expansion (see 1705.07193) of general f,gf,g satisfying Ramanujan Conjecture, in order to get formulae, for their shifted convolution sum, say Cf,g(N,a)C_{f,g}(N,a), of length NN and shift aa (so, the Ramanujan expansion is with respect to a>0). We prove that, assuming Delange Hypothesis (DH) for the expansion, we get say Ramnujan exact explicit formula (R.e.e.f.). A noteworthy case, of course, is f=g=Λf=g=\Lambda, the von Mangoldt function, so CΛ,Λ(N,2k)C_{\Lambda,\Lambda}(N,2k), for natural kk, regards 2k2k-twin primes; assuming (DH)(DH) for them, we get (from corresponding R.e.e.f.) the proof, easily, of Hardy-Littlewood Conjecture for them.

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@article{arxiv.1709.06445,
  title  = {An elementary property of correlations},
  author = {Giovanni Coppola},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.06445},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Assuming Delange Hypothesis(DH), we prove the "Ramanujan exact explicit formula" for $f,g$ correlation; for 2k-twin primes, assuming $(DH)$ we prove Hardy-Littlewood Conjecture

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