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A note on multiplicative functions on progressions to large moduli

Number Theory 2018-04-24 v4

Abstract

Let f:NCf : \mathbf{N} \rightarrow \mathbf{C} be a bounded multiplicative function. Let aa be a fixed integer (say a=1a = 1). Then ff is well-distributed on the progression na(modq){1,,X}n \equiv a \pmod{q} \subset \{1,\dots, X\}, for almost all primes q[Q,2Q]q \in [Q,2Q], for QQ as large as X12+178o(1)X^{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{78} - o(1)}.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1604.04481,
  title  = {A note on multiplicative functions on progressions to large moduli},
  author = {Ben Green},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.04481},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 148A, 63-77, 2018. New version corrects a small mistake in the published version to do with dropping the condition mu^2_{[Y,Z)}(m) = 1; thanks to Guangshi Lv for drawing my attention to this

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