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Let phi(n) denote the Euler totient function. We study the analytic part associated with the summatory function of sigma_1(n) and obtain explicit bounds under the Riemann Hypothesis. In particular, we establish an upper bound of order…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-19 Hideto Iwata

A multiplicative function $f$ is said to be resembling the M\"{o}bius function if $f$ is supported on the square-free integers, and $f(p)=\pm 1$ for each prime $p$. We prove $O$- and $\Omega$-results for the summatory function $\sum_{n\leq…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-10 Qingyang Liu

In the present note, we prove new lower bounds on large values of character sums $\Delta(x,q):=\max_{\chi \neq \chi_0} \vert \sum_{n\leq x} \chi(n)\vert$ in certain ranges of $x$. Employing an implementation of the resonance method…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-05-21 Marc Munsch

This article provides new asymptotic results for the summatory Mobius function $\sum_{p \leq x} \mu(p+a) =O \left (x(\log x)^{-c} \right )$ and the summatory Liouville function $\sum_{p \leq x} \lambda(p+a) =O \left (x(\log x)^{-c} \right…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2022-07-26 N. A. Carella

In this paper we give a refinement of the bound of D. A. Burgess for multiplicative character sums modulo a prime number $q$. This continues a series of previous logarithmic improvements, which are mostly due to H. Iwaniec and E. Kowalski.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-05-09 Bryce Kerr , Igor E. Shparlinski , Kam Hung Yau

We introduce a general class $F_0$ of additive functions $f$ such that $f(p) = 1$ and prove a tight bound for exponential sums of the form $\sum_{n \le x} f(n) e(\alpha n)$ where $f \in F_0$ and $e(\theta) = \exp(2\pi i \theta)$. Both…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Ayla Gafni , Nicolas Robles

We improve on previous upper bounds for the $q$th norm of the partial sums of the Riemann zeta function on the half line when $0<q\leqslant 1$. In particular, we show that the 1-norm is bounded above by $(\log N)^{1/4}(\log\log N)^{1/4}$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-03-28 Winston Heap

In this paper, we use methods of exponential sums to derive a formula for estimating effective upper bounds of $|\zeta'(1/2+it)|$. Different effective upper bounds can be obtained by choosing different parameters.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Ting Liu , Jinjin Ma , Binjie Chang , Xinhua Xiong

Using some simple combinatorial arguments, we establish some new estimates for the prime counting function and its allied functions. In particular we show that \begin{align}\pi(x)=\Theta(x)+O\bigg(\frac{1}{\log x}\bigg), \nonumber…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-08-24 Theophilus Agama

In this article, we give explicit bounds of order $\log t$ for $\sigma$ close to $1$, for two quantities: $|\zeta'(\sigma +it)/\zeta(\sigma +it)|$ and $|1/\zeta(\sigma +it)|$. We correct an error in the literature, and especially in the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Nicol Leong

We prove that if $f(n)$ is a Steinhaus or Rademacher random multiplicative function, there almost surely exist arbitrarily large values of $x$ for which $|\sum_{n \leq x} f(n)| \geq \sqrt{x} (\log\log x)^{1/4+o(1)}$. This is the first such…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Adam J. Harper

We provide very effective methods to convert both asymptotic and explicit numeric bounds on the prime counting function $\psi(x)$ to bounds of the same type on both $\theta(x)$ and $\pi(x)$. This follows up our previous work on $\psi(x)$ in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-18 Andrew Fiori , Habiba Kadiri , Joshua Swidinsky

We demonstrate the impact of a generic zero-free region and zero-density estimate on the error term in the prime number theorem. Consequently, we are able to improve upon previous work of Pintz and provide an essentially optimal error term…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Daniel R. Johnston

We investigate when the exponential sum $S_f(x,\alpha) := \sum_{n\le x}f(n)\mathrm{e}(n\alpha)$ is bounded, for a multiplicative function $f$ and $\alpha\in\mathbb{R}$. We show that under natural assumptions, $S_f(x,\alpha)$ is bounded only…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Pierre-Alexandre Bazin , Ihor Pylaiev , Fred Tyrrell

For a fixed exponent $0 < \theta \leq 1$, it is expected that we have the prime number theorem in short intervals $\sum_{x \leq n < x+x^\theta} \Lambda(n) \sim x^\theta$ as $x \to \infty$. From the recent zero density estimates of Guth and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Ayla Gafni , Terence Tao

We give an upper bound for the exponential sum over squarefree integers. This establishes a conjecture by Br\"udern and Perelli.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-05-10 Jan-Christoph Schlage-Puchta

We prove new mean value theorems for primes in arithmetic progressions to moduli larger than $x^{1/2}$. Our main result shows that the primes are equidistributed for a fixed residue class over all moduli of size $x^{1/2+\delta}$ with a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-07 James Maynard

Let $ x\geq 1 $ be a large number, let $ [x]=x-\{x\} $ be the largest integer function, and let $ \varphi(n)$ be the Euler totient function. The result $ \sum_{n\leq x}\varphi([x/n])=(6/\pi^2)x\log x+O\left ( x(\log x)^{2/3}(\log\log…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-04-12 N. A. Carella

Let $\alpha\in \mathbb{R}\setminus\mathbb{Q}$ and $\beta\in \mathbb{R}$ be given. Suppose that $a_1,\ldots,a_s$ are distinct positive integers that do not contain a reduced residue system modulo $p^2$ for any prime $p$. We prove that there…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Temenoujka P. Peneva , Tatiana L. Todorova

Let \beta be a real number. Then for almost all irrational \alpha>0 (in the sense of Lebesgue measure) \limsup_{x\to\infty}\pi_{\alpha,\beta}^*(x)(\log x)^2/x>=1, where \pi_{\alpha,\beta}^*(x)={p<=x: both p and [\alpha p+\beta] are primes}.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-04-05 Hongze Li , Hao Pan