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Disjointness of the M\"obius Transformation and M\"obius Function

Number Theory 2018-04-06 v3

Abstract

We study the distribution of the sequence of elements of the discrete dynamical system generated by the M\"obius transformation x(ax+b)/(cx+d)x \mapsto (ax + b)/(cx + d) over a finite field of pp elements. Motivated by a recent conjecture of P. Sarnak, we obtain nontrivial estimates of exponential sums with such sequences that imply that trajectories of this dynamical system are disjoined with the M\"obius function.

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@article{arxiv.1711.11062,
  title  = {Disjointness of the M\"obius Transformation and M\"obius Function},
  author = {El Houcein El Abdalaoui and Igor E. Shparlinski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.11062},
  year   = {2018}
}