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Linear truncation for conditioned prime-factor fibres

Number Theory 2026-03-19 v1

Abstract

In previous joint work with Tenenbaum, the truncation step ffRf \mapsto f_R in the conditional effective Erdos-Wintner theorem on the fibre ω(n)=k\omega(n)=k yields, in the continuous case for real strongly additive ff, a remainder of size ηf(R)r/(r+1)\eta_f(R)^{r/(r+1)}, where RR is the truncation level and r=k/loglogxr=k/\log\log x. We prove an effective linear truncation lemma showing that, in the central window κr1/κ\kappa \le r \le 1/\kappa, this bound improves to the natural linear scale rηf(R)r\eta_f(R) under an effective Sathe-Selberg-type ratio estimate for the fibre. This yields a direct effective sharpening of the truncation step in the previous joint work. The same truncation upgrade also applies to prime-set restrictions, Ω\Omega-fibres, and weighted fibres whenever the corresponding ratio estimate is available.

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@article{arxiv.2603.17682,
  title  = {Linear truncation for conditioned prime-factor fibres},
  author = {Johann Verwee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.17682},
  year   = {2026}
}

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10 pages, no figures

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