On the largest singular vector of the Redheffer matrix
Number Theory
2025-02-14 v1
Abstract
The Redheffer matrix is defined by setting if or divides and 0 otherwise. One of its many interesting properties is that is equivalent to the Riemann hypothesis. The singular vector corresponding to the largest singular value carries a lot of information: is small if is prime and large if has many divisors. We prove that the vector whose th entry is the sum of the inverse divisors of , , is close to a singular vector in a precise quantitative sense.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2502.09489,
title = {On the largest singular vector of the Redheffer matrix},
author = {François Clément and Stefan Steinerberger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.09489},
year = {2025}
}