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Large bias for integers with prime factors in arithmetic progressions

Number Theory 2018-02-21 v5

Abstract

We prove an asymptotic formula for the number of integers x\leq x which can be written as the product of k (2)k ~(\geq 2) distinct primes p1pkp_1\cdots p_k with each prime factor in an arithmetic progression pjajmodqp_j\equiv a_j \bmod q, (aj,q)=1(a_j, q)=1 (q3,1jk)(q \geq 3, 1\leq j\leq k). For any A>0A>0, our result is uniform for 2kAloglogx2\leq k\leq A\log\log x. Moreover, we show that, there are large biases toward certain arithmetic progressions (a1modq,,akmodq)(a_1 \bmod q, \cdots, a_k \bmod q), and such biases have connections with Mertens' theorem and the least prime in arithmetic progressions.

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@article{arxiv.1607.01882,
  title  = {Large bias for integers with prime factors in arithmetic progressions},
  author = {Xianchang Meng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.01882},
  year   = {2018}
}

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13 pages. Comments are welcome

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