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Higher Mertens constants for almost primes II

Number Theory 2023-03-14 v1

Abstract

For k1k\ge1, let Rk(x)R_k(x) denote the reciprocal sum up to xx of numbers with kk prime factors, counted with multiplicity. In prior work, the authors obtained estimates for Rk(x)R_k(x), extending Mertens' second theorem, as well as a finer-scale estimate for R2(x)R_2(x) up to (logx)N(\log x)^{-N} error for any N>0N > 0. In this article, we establish the limiting behavior of the higher Mertens constants from the R2(x)R_2(x) estimate. We also extend these results to R3(x)R_3(x), and we remark on the general case k4k\ge4.

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@article{arxiv.2303.06481,
  title  = {Higher Mertens constants for almost primes II},
  author = {Jonathan Bayless and Paul Kinlaw and Jared Duker Lichtman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.06481},
  year   = {2023}
}

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25 pages

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