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Relations between the random variable $w_x$ and the Dirichlet divisor problem

Number Theory 2021-10-04 v2

Abstract

We have developed a heuristic showing that in the Dirichlet divisor problem for the almost all nN+n \in \mathbb{N}^{+}: R(n)O(ψ(n)n14) R(n) \leq O(\psi(n)n^{\frac{1}{4}}) where R(n)=x=1nnxnlogn(2γ1)n R(n) = \Big\lvert \sum_{x=1}^{n}\Big\lfloor\frac{n}{x}\Big\rfloor - n\log{n} - (2\gamma-1)n \Big\rvert and ψ(n) \psi(n) - any positive function that increases unboundedly as n n \to \infty . The result is achieved under the hypothesis: {nx}wx \Big \{\frac{n}{x} \Big \} \sim w_x where wx w_x is uniformly distributed over [0,1) [0,1) random variable with a values set {0,1x,,x1x} \{0, \frac {1} {x}, \ldots, \frac{x-1}{x} \} and the value accepting probability p=1x p = \frac{1}{x} . The paper concludes with a numerical argument in support of the hypothesis being true. It is shown that the expectation: μ1[x=1n(nxx12x)]=(2n+1)Hnn2n+C\mu_{1} \Big[\sum_{x=1}^{n}\Big(\frac{n}{x} - \frac{x-1}{2x}\Big) \Big]= (2n+1)H_{\lfloor\sqrt{n}\rfloor} - \lfloor\sqrt{n}\rfloor^{2} - \lfloor\sqrt{n}\rfloor + C has deviation from D(n)D(n) is less than R(n)R(n) in absolute value for all n<105n < 10^{5}.

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@article{arxiv.2007.01920,
  title  = {Relations between the random variable $w_x$ and the Dirichlet divisor problem},
  author = {Dmitry S. Pyatin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.01920},
  year   = {2021}
}
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