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On refinements of rank one Gallagherian prime geodesic theorems

Number Theory 2020-11-17 v1

Abstract

In his recent research, the author improved the error term in the prime geodesic theorem for compact, even-dimensional, rank one locally symmetric spaces. It turned out that the obtained estimate O(x2ρρn(logx)1)O(x^{2\rho-\frac{\rho}{n}}(\log x)^{-1}) coincides with the best known results for compact Riemann surfaces, three manifolds, and manifolds with cusps, where nn stands for the dimension of the space, and ρ\rho is the half-sum of positive roots. The above bound was then reduced to O(x2ρρ2(2n)+12n(2n)+1(logx)n12n(2n)+11(loglogx)n12n(2n)+1+ε)O(x^{2\rho-\rho\frac{2\cdot(2n)+1}{2n\cdot(2n)+1}}(\log x)^{\frac{n-1}{2n\cdot(2n)+1}-1}(\log\log x)^{\frac{n-1}{2n\cdot(2n)+1}+\varepsilon}) in the Gallagherian sense, with ε\varepsilon >> 00, and the key role played by the counting function ψ2n(x)\psi_{2n}(x). The purpose of this research is to prove that the latter OO-term can be further reduced. To do so, we derive new explicit formulas for the functions ψj(x)\psi_{j}(x), jj \geq nn, and conditional formula for ψn1(x)\psi_{n-1}(x). Applying the Gallagher-Koyama techniques, we deduce the asymptotics for ψ0(x)\psi_{0}(x), and the Gallagherian prime geodesic theorems. The obtained error terms O(x2ρρ2j+12nj+1(logx)n12nj+11(loglogx)n12nj+1+ε)O(x^{2\rho-\rho\frac{2j+1}{2nj+1}}(\log x)^{\frac{n-1}{2nj+1}-1}(\log\log x)^{\frac{n-1}{2nj+1}+\varepsilon}), n1n-1 \leq jj << 2n2n, improve the OO-term given above, with the optimal unconditional (conditional) size achieved for jj == nn (jj == n1n-1). If jj == nn \geq 44, our new bound coincides with the best known estimate in the manifolds with cusps case. If jj == n1n-1, the OO-term fully agrees with the results in the Riemann surface case (nn == 22, ρ\rho == 12(n1)\frac{1}{2}(n-1) == 12\frac{1}{2}), and the three manifolds case (nn == 22, ρ\rho == 11). Finally, for jj == n1n-1, nn \geq 44, our result improves the best known bound in the manifolds with cusps case.

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@article{arxiv.2011.07354,
  title  = {On refinements of rank one Gallagherian prime geodesic theorems},
  author = {Dženan Gušić},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.07354},
  year   = {2020}
}