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Sommes friables de fonctions multiplicatives al\'eatoires

Number Theory 2017-12-07 v1

Abstract

We consider a sequence {f(p)}p prime\{f(p)\}_{p\ {\rm prime}} of independent random variables taking values ±1\pm 1 with probability 1/21/2, and extend ff to a multiplicative arithmetic function defined on the squarefree integers. We investigate upper bounds for Ψf(x,y)\Psi_f(x,y), the summatory function of ff on yy-friable integers x\leq x. We obtain estimations of the type Ψf(x,y)Ψ(x,y)1/2+ϵ\Psi_f(x,y) \ll \Psi(x,y)^{1/2+\epsilon}, more precise formulas being given in suitable regions for x,yx,y. In the special case y=xy=x, this leads to the estimate Mf(x)=nxf(n)x(loglogx)2+ϵM_f(x) = \sum_{n \leq x} f(n) \ll \sqrt{x}\, (\log \log x)^{2+\epsilon}, which improves on previous bounds.

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@article{arxiv.1712.02147,
  title  = {Sommes friables de fonctions multiplicatives al\'eatoires},
  author = {Joseph Basquin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.02147},
  year   = {2017}
}

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in French, Version 18/09/2011. Published in Acta Arith., 2012