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On a conjecture of Erd\"os and certain Dirichlet series

Number Theory 2015-05-11 v1

Abstract

Let f:Z/qZZf:\Z/q\Z\rightarrow\Z be such that f(a)=±1f(a)=\pm 1 for 1a<q1\le a<q, and f(q)=0f(q)=0. Then Erd\"os conjectured that n1f(n)n0\sum_{n\ge1}\frac{f(n)}{n} \ne 0. For qq even, this is trivially true. If q3q\equiv 3 ( mod 44), Murty and Saradha proved the conjecture. We show that this conjecture is true for 82%82\% of the remaining integers q1q\equiv 1 ( mod 44).

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@article{arxiv.1501.04185,
  title  = {On a conjecture of Erd\"os and certain Dirichlet series},
  author = {Tapas Chatterjee and M. Ram Murty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.04185},
  year   = {2015}
}

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To appear in the Pacific Journal of Mathematics