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Note on the Chowla Conjecture and the Discrete Fourier Transform

General Mathematics 2023-08-01 v8

Abstract

Let x1x\geq 1 be a large integer, and let a0<a1<<ak1a_0<a_1<\cdots<a_{k-1} be a small fixed integer kk-tuple, and let μ(n){1,0,1}\mu(n)\in\{-1,0,1\} be the periodic Mobius function. This note shows that discrete Fourier transform analysis produces a simple solution of the periodic Chowla conjecture. More precisely, it leads to an asymptotic formula of the form nxμ(n+a0)μ(n+a1)μ(n+ak1)=O(x(logx)c)\sum_{n \leq x} \mu(n+a_0) \mu(n+a_1)\cdots\mu(n+a_{k-1}) =O\left( x(\log x)^{-c}\right), where c>0c>0 is an arbitrary constant.

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@article{arxiv.2208.12219,
  title  = {Note on the Chowla Conjecture and the Discrete Fourier Transform},
  author = {N. A. Carella},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.12219},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Thirty Four Pages. Keywords: Arithmetic function; Mobius function; Liouville function; Autocorrelation function; Correlation function; Chowla conjecture; Discrete Fourier transform