Extensions of some formulae of A. Selberg (Q1063064)

Let \(\omega(n)\) denote the number of distinct prime factors of \(n\), and let \(\pi_j(x,k,h)\) be the number of integers \(n\leq x\) with \(\omega (n)=j\) and \(n\equiv h \pmod k\), where \((h,k)=1\). The author gives an asymptotic formula for \(\pi_j(x,k,h)\) which is uniform for \(j\ll \log \log x\) and \(k\ll (\log x)^A\) (any \(A>0)\). For fixed \(j\) and \(k\) the error term saves an arbitrary power of \(\log x\). This extends work of \textit{A. Selberg} [J. Indian Math. Soc., New Ser. 18, 83--87 (1954; Zbl 0057.28502)]. Various related results are also obtained, strengthening estimates due to \textit{G. J. Rieger} [Math. Nachr. 30, 181--192 (1965; Zbl 0131.04603)].