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On the positivity of some weighted partial sums of a random multiplicative function

Number Theory 2025-08-04 v3 Probability

Abstract

Inspired by the papers by Angelo and Xu, Q.J Math., 74, pp. 767-777, and improvements by Kerr and Klurman, arXiv:2211.05540, we study the probability that the weighted sums of a Rademacher random multiplicative function, nxf(n)nσ\sum_{n\leq x}f(n)n^{-\sigma}, are positive for all xxσ1x\geq x_\sigma\geq 1 in the regime σ1/2+\sigma\to1/2^+. In a previous paper by Heap, Zhao and the author, and by the author, when 0σ1/20\leq \sigma\leq 1/2 this probability is zero. Here we give a positive lower bound for this probability depending on xσx_\sigma that becomes large as σ1/2+\sigma\to1/2^+. The main inputs in our proofs are a maximal inequality based in relatively high moments for these partial sums combined with a Bonami--Hal\'asz's moment inequality, and also explicit estimates for the partial sums of non-negative multiplicative functions.

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@article{arxiv.2408.15589,
  title  = {On the positivity of some weighted partial sums of a random multiplicative function},
  author = {Marco Aymone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.15589},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

12 pages. v3: comments from the referee. To appear in Math Z