Symmetric matrices related to the Mertens function
Number Theory
2009-03-09 v4
Abstract
In this paper we explore a family of congruences over from which one builds a sequence of symmetric matrices related to the Mertens function. From the results of numerical experiments, we formulate a conjecture about the growth of the quadratic norm of these matrices, which implies the Riemann hypothesis. This suggests that matrix analysis methods may come to play a more important role in this classical and difficult problem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0811.3701,
title = {Symmetric matrices related to the Mertens function},
author = {Jean-Paul Cardinal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.3701},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Version submitted to LAA; some new references