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The second moment of $S_n(t)$ on the Riemann hypothesis

Number Theory 2023-02-17 v2

Abstract

Let S(t)=1πargζ(1/2+it)S(t) = \tfrac{1}{\pi} \arg \zeta \big({1/2} + it \big) be the argument of the Riemann zeta-function at the point 12+it\tfrac12 + it. For n1n \geq 1 and t>0t>0 define its antiderivatives as \begin{equation*} S_n(t) = \int_0^t S_{n-1}(\tau) \hspace{0.08cm} \rm d\tau + \delta_n, \end{equation*} where δn\delta_n is a specific constant depending on nn and S0(t):=S(t)S_0(t) := S(t). In 1925, J. E. Littlewood proved, under the Riemann Hypothesis, that 0TSn(t)2dt=O(T), \int_{0}^{T}|S_n(t)|^2 \hspace{0.06cm} \rm dt = O(T), for n1n\geq 1. In 1946, Selberg unconditionally established the explicit asymptotic formulas for the second moments of S(t)S(t) and S1(t)S_1(t). This was extended by Fujii for Sn(t)S_n(t), when n2n\geq 2. Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, we give the explicit asymptotic formula for the second moment of Sn(t)S_n(t) up to the second-order term, for n1n\geq 1. Our result conditionally refines Selberg's and Fujii's formulas and extends previous work by Goldston in 1987, where the case n=0n=0 was considered.

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@article{arxiv.2006.08503,
  title  = {The second moment of $S_n(t)$ on the Riemann hypothesis},
  author = {Andrés Chirre and Emily Quesada-Herrera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.08503},
  year   = {2023}
}

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To appear in Int. J. Number Theory