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Densities in certain three-way prime number races

Number Theory 2023-06-22 v1

Abstract

Let a1a_1, a2a_2, and a3a_3 be distinct reduced residues modulo qq satisfying the congruences a12a22a32(modq)a_1^2 \equiv a_2^2 \equiv a_3^2 \pmod q. We conditionally derive an asymptotic formula, with an error term that has a power savings in qq, for the logarithmic density of the set of real numbers xx for which π(x;q,a1)>π(x;q,a2)>π(x;q,a3)\pi(x;q,a_1) > \pi(x;q,a_2) > \pi(x;q,a_3). The relationship among the aia_i allows us to normalize the error terms for the π(x;q,ai)\pi(x;q,a_i) in an atypical way that creates mutual independence among their distributions, and also allows for a proof technique that uses only elementary tools from probability.

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@article{arxiv.1908.10902,
  title  = {Densities in certain three-way prime number races},
  author = {Jiawei Lin and Greg Martin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.10902},
  year   = {2023}
}

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