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Fractional part correlations and the M\"obius function

Number Theory 2024-07-16 v3

Abstract

We show that nmμ(n)μ(m)nmEX({nx}{mx})=92π2+O(1X), \sum_{n\neq m}\frac{\mu(n)\mu(m)}{nm}E_{X}\left(\{nx\}\{mx\}\right)=-\frac{9}{2\pi^{2}}+O\left(\frac{1}{X}\right), where xx is uniformly distributed in [0,X][0,X] with XNX\in \mathbb{N}, EX(.)E_{X}(.) denotes the expected value, μ(.)\mu(.) denotes the M\"obius function, and {.}\{.\} denotes the fractional part function.

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@article{arxiv.2402.09343,
  title  = {Fractional part correlations and the M\"obius function},
  author = {Gordon Chavez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.09343},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

10 pages, 2 figures; Proved main result without need for RH 05/2024

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