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On the Liouville function in short intervals

Number Theory 2021-04-28 v2

Abstract

Let λ\lambda denote the Liouville function. Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, we prove that X2Xxnx+hλ(n)2dxXh(logX)6,\int_X^{2X}\Big|\sum_{x\leq n \leq x+h}\lambda(n) \Big|^2 dx \ll Xh(\log X)^6, as XX\rightarrow \infty, provided h=h(X)exp((12o(1))logXloglogX).h=h(X)\leq \exp\left(\sqrt{\left(\frac{1}{2}-o(1)\right)\log X \log\log X}\right). The proof uses a simple variation of the methods developed by Matom{\"a}ki and Radziwi{\l}{\l} in their work on multiplicative functions in short intervals, as well as some standard results concerning smooth numbers.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2007.06788,
  title  = {On the Liouville function in short intervals},
  author = {Jake Chinis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.06788},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

12 pages. Final version, published in IMRN

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