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Remarks on the Selberg--Delange method

Number Theory 2025-06-25 v8

Abstract

Let ϱ\varrho be a complex number and let ff be a multiplicative arithmetic function whose Dirichlet series takes the form ζ(s)ϱG(s)\zeta(s)^\varrho G(s), where GG is associated to a multiplicative function gg. The classical Selberg-Delange method furnishes asymptotic estimates for averages of ff under assumptions of either analytic continuation for GG, or absolute convergence of a finite number of derivatives of G(s)G(s) at s=1s=1. We consider different set of hypotheses, not directly comparable to the previous ones, and investigate how they can yield sharp asymptotic estimates for the averages of~ff.

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@article{arxiv.2010.12929,
  title  = {Remarks on the Selberg--Delange method},
  author = {Régis de la Bretèche and Gérald Tenenbaum},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.12929},
  year   = {2025}
}
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