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Computing the Mertens function on a GPU

Number Theory 2011-08-02 v1

Abstract

A GPU implementation of an algorithm to compute the Mertens function in O(x2/3+{\ko}) time is discussed. Results for x up to 102210^{22}, and a new extreme value for M(x)/x1/2M(x)/x^{1/2}, -0.585768 (M(x)1.996109M(x) \approx -1.996 \ast 10^9 at x1.1611019x \approx 1.161 \ast 10^{19}), are reported.An approximate algorithm is used to examine values of M(x) for x up to exp(1015)\exp{(10^{15})}.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1108.0135,
  title  = {Computing the Mertens function on a GPU},
  author = {Eugene Kuznetsov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.0135},
  year   = {2011}
}
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