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We study the distribution of partial sums of Rademacher random multiplicative functions $(f(n))_n$ evaluated at polynomial arguments. We show that for a polynomial $P\in \mathbb Z[x]$ that is a product of at least two distinct linear…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-09 Jake Chinis , Besfort Shala

We study sums of a random multiplicative function; this is an example, of number-theoretic interest, of sums of products of independent random variables (chaoses). Using martingale methods, we establish a normal approximation for the sum…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-12-02 Adam J. Harper

We consider random multiplicative functions taking the values $\pm 1$. Using Stein's method for normal approximation, we prove a central limit theorem for the sum of such multiplicative functions in appropriate short intervals.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-02-03 Sourav Chatterjee , Kannan Soundararajan

We show that the counts of low degree irreducible factors of a random polynomial $f$ over $\mathbb{F}_q$ with independent but non-uniform coefficients behave like that of a uniform random polynomial, exhibiting a form of universality for…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Jimmy He , Huy Tuan Pham , Max Wenqiang Xu

This paper extends earlier work on the distribution in the complex plane of the roots of random polynomials. In this paper, the random polynomials are generalized to random finite sums of given "basis" functions. The basis functions are…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-08-04 Robert J. Vanderbei

We introduce the notion of a random matrix-valued multiplicative function, generalizing Rademacher random multiplicative functions to matrices. We provide an asymptotic for the second moment based on a linear recurrence property for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-12-12 Maxim Gerspach

We prove that the $k$-th positive integer moment of partial sums of Steinhaus random multiplicative functions over the interval $(x, x+H]$ matches the corresponding Gaussian moment, as long as $H\ll x/(\log x)^{2k^2+2+o(1)}$ and $H$ tends…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-20 Mayank Pandey , Victor Y. Wang , Max Wenqiang Xu

Inspired by the papers by Angelo and Xu, Q.J Math., 74, pp. 767-777, and improvements by Kerr and Klurman, arXiv:2211.05540, we study the probability that the weighted sums of a Rademacher random multiplicative function, $\sum_{n\leq…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-04 Marco Aymone

Let $\alpha$ be a Steinhaus or a Rademacher random multiplicative function. For a wide class of multiplicative functions $f$ we show that the sum $\sum_{n \le x}\alpha(n) f(n)$, normalised to have mean square $1$, has a non-Gaussian…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-06-07 Ofir Gorodetsky , Mo Dick Wong

We provide a sufficient characterization for subsets $\mathcal{A}$ of the polynomial ring $\mathbb{F}_q[t]$ for which partial sums of Steinhaus random multiplicative functions approach a complex standard normal distribution. This extends…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Declan Hoban , Jibran Iqbal Shah , Nadya-Catherine Ismail , William Verreault , Asif Zaman

We introduce a simple sieve-theoretic approach to studying partial sums of multiplicative functions which are close to their mean value. This enables us to obtain various new results as well as strengthen existing results with new proofs.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-29 Oleksiy Klurman , Alexander P. Mangerel , Cosmin Pohoata , Joni Teräväinen

We extend some sharp inequalities for martingale-differences to general multiplicative systems of random variables. The key ingredient in the proofs is a technique reducing the general case to the case of Rademacher random variables without…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2022-04-29 Grigori A. Karagulyan

We extend the Matom\"{a}ki-Radziwi\l\l{} theorem to a large collection of unbounded multiplicative functions that are uniformly bounded, but not necessarily bounded by 1, on the primes. Our result allows us to estimate averages of such a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-15 Alexander P. Mangerel

We show that for a random polynomial \[ F(X) = \sum_{n=1}^{N} f(n) X^{n-1}, \] where $f(n)$ is a random completely multiplicative function taking values in $\{\pm 1\}$, one has \[ \limsup_{N \to \infty} \mathbb{P}\big[F(X) \text{ is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Oleksiy Klurman , Vlad Matei

We discuss the mean values of multiplicative functions over function fields. In particular, we adapt the authors' new proof of Halasz's theorem on mean values to this simpler setting. Several of the technical difficulties that arise over…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-04-22 Andrew Granville , Adam J. Harper , Kannan Soundararajan

We give a formula and an estimation for the number of irreducible polynomials in two (or more) variables over a finite field.

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2007-06-11 Arnaud Bodin

The goal of this work is to prove an analogue of a recent result of Harper on almost sure lower bounds of random multiplicative functions, in a setting that can be thought of as a simplified function field analogue. It answers a question…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-02 Maxim Gerspach

We establish the limiting distribution of $\frac{{(\log \log x)}^{1/4}}{\sqrt{x}} \sum_{n\le x}\alpha(n)$ where $\alpha$ is a Steinhaus random multiplicative function, answering a question of Harper. The distributional convergence is proved…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Ofir Gorodetsky , Mo Dick Wong

Consider a multiplicative function f(n) taking values on the unit circle. Is it possible that the partial sums of this function are bounded? We show that if we weaken the notion of multiplicativity so that f(pn)=f(p)f(n) for all primes p in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-08-09 Joseph Vandehey

We examine the conditions under which the sum of random multiplicative functions in short intervals, given by $\sum_{x<n \leqslant x+y} f(n)$, exhibits the phenomenon of \textit{better than square-root cancellation}. We establish that the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-12 Rachid Caich
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