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On the Sign Changes of a Weighted Divisor Problem

Number Theory 2016-11-24 v2

Abstract

Let S(x;a1q1,a2q2)=mnxcos(2πma1q1)sin(2πna2q2)S\big(x; \frac{a_1}{q_1}, \frac{a_2}{q_2}\big)=\mathop{{\sum}'}_{mn\leq x} \cos\big(2\pi m\frac{a_1}{q_1}\big)\sin\big(2\pi n\frac{a_2}{q_2}\big) with xq1q2,1aiqix\geq q_1q_2, 1\leq a_i\leq q_i, and (ai,qi)=1(a_i, q_i)=1 (i=1,2i=1, 2). We study the sign changes of S(x;a1q1,a2q2)S\big(x; \frac{a_1}{q_1}, \frac{a_2}{q_2}\big), and prove that for a sufficiently large constant CC, S(x;a1q1,a2q2)S\big(x; \frac{a_1}{q_1}, \frac{a_2}{q_2}\big) changes sign in the interval [T,T+CT][T,T+C\sqrt{T}] for any large TT. Meanwhile, we show that for a small constant cc', there exist infinitely many subintervals of length cTlog7Tc'\sqrt{T}\log^{-7}T in [T,2T][T,2T] where ±S(t;a1q1,a2q2)>c5(q1q2)34t14\pm S\big(t; \frac{a_1}{q_1}, \frac{a_2}{q_2}\big)> c_5 (q_1q_2)^\frac{3}{4}t^\frac{1}{4} always holds.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1603.04977,
  title  = {On the Sign Changes of a Weighted Divisor Problem},
  author = {Lirui Jia and Tianxin Cai and Wenguang Zhai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.04977},
  year   = {2016}
}
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