Asymptotic uncorrelations between functions with squarefull kernel and functions of invariant average
Abstract
In 1986, Ivi\'c and Tenenbaum introduced arithmetic functions with squarefull kernel, which are also called -functions. Later, Erd\H{o}s and Ivi\'c gave an asymptotic estimate on the shifted convolution sums of -functions. Recently, Bergelson and Richter studied the orbits along the prime Omega function in a uniquely ergodic topological dynamical system and established a new dynamical generalization of the prime number theorem (PNT). These orbits can be viewed as functions of invariant average under multiplications. In this paper, we show that both -functions and their shifted convolutions are asymptotically uncorrelated to the orbits along the prime Omega function in a uniquely ergodic system. As a consequence, we obtain a refinement of the PNT via the local distribution of -functions. Furthermore, several variants of these results are established as well.
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@article{arxiv.2608.05470,
title = {Asymptotic uncorrelations between functions with squarefull kernel and functions of invariant average},
author = {Xiang Su and Biao Wang and Shaoyun Yi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.05470},
year = {2026}
}
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25 pages