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On primitive Dirichlet characters and the Riemann hypothesis

Number Theory 2008-06-25 v1

Abstract

For any natural number nn, let XnX'_n be the set of primitive Dirichlet characters modulo nn. We show that if the Riemann hypothesis is true, then the inequality X2nkC2eγϕ(2nk)/loglog(2nk)|X'_{2n_k}|\le C_2 e^{-\gamma} \phi(2n_k)/\log\log(2n_k) holds for all k1k\ge 1, where nkn_k is the product of the first kk primes, γ\gamma is the Euler-Mascheroni constant, C2C_2 is the twin prime constant, and ϕ(n)\phi(n) is the Euler function. On the other hand, if the Riemann hypothesis is false, then there are infinitely many kk for which the same inequality holds and infinitely many kk for which it fails to hold.

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@article{arxiv.0806.3944,
  title  = {On primitive Dirichlet characters and the Riemann hypothesis},
  author = {William D. Banks and Ahmet M. Guloglu and C. Wesley Nevans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.3944},
  year   = {2008}
}

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7 pages

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