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Gowers norms of multiplicative functions in progressions on average

Number Theory 2017-06-28 v2

Abstract

Let μ\mu be the M\"{o}bius function and let k1k \geq 1. We prove that the Gowers UkU^k-norm of μ\mu restricted to progressions {nX:naq(modq)}\{n \leq X: n\equiv a_q\pmod{q}\} is o(1)o(1) on average over qX1/2σq\leq X^{1/2-\sigma} for any σ>0\sigma > 0, where aq(modq)a_q\pmod{q} is an arbitrary residue class with (aq,q)=1(a_q,q) = 1. This generalizes the Bombieri-Vinogradov inequality for μ\mu, which corresponds to the special case k=1k=1.

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@article{arxiv.1607.01814,
  title  = {Gowers norms of multiplicative functions in progressions on average},
  author = {Xuancheng Shao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.01814},
  year   = {2017}
}

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