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Higher Order Dualities over Global Function Fields and Weighted M\"{o}bius Sums over $\mathbb{F}_q{[T]}$

Number Theory 2026-04-06 v1

Abstract

Alladi's duality identities (1977) provide a fundamental relation between the smallest and the kk-th largest prime factors of integers. In this paper, we establish these dualities in the setting of global function fields, extending a result of Duan, Wang, and Yi (2021) to higher orders. We apply this to study a function field analogue of the sum μ(n)ω(n)/n\sum \mu(n)\omega(n)/n, when restricted to integers whose smallest prime factor lies in an arbitrary subset of primes possessing a natural density. These results demonstrate how the second-order duality identity governs the asymptotic behaviour of these weighted M\"{o}bius sums in the function field setting.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2604.02469,
  title  = {Higher Order Dualities over Global Function Fields and Weighted M\"{o}bius Sums over $\mathbb{F}_q{[T]}$},
  author = {Prassanna Nand Jha and Jagannath Sahoo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.02469},
  year   = {2026}
}

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