Correlations of the von Mangoldt and higher divisor functions. II: Divisor correlations in short ranges (Q2423429)

The paper under review is the second part of authors' recent investigation on the correlation of the von Mongoldt and higher divisor functions. Both papers concerned with the asymptotic estimation of correlation of the form $\sum_{X<n\leq 2X}f(n)\overline{g(n+h)}$ where $f$ and $g$ taken as von Mongoldt function $\Lambda$ and higher divisor function $d_k$ defined by $d_k(n)=\sum_{n_1\cdots n_k=n}1$. The estimation of correlations in this paper are related to the divisor correlation conjecture and Hardy-Littlewood prime tuples conjecture. More precisely, let $0<\varepsilon<\frac{1}{2}$ and $k\geq l\geq 2$ be fixed integers, and suppose that $(\log X)^{10000k\log k}\leq H\leq X^{1-\varepsilon}$ for some $X\geq 2$. The authors prove the following results: \begin{itemize} \item[(i)] (Related by divisor correlation conjecture on average) There exists constant $C_{k,l,h}$ such that as $X\to\infty$, \[ \sum_{|h|\leq H}\left|\sum_{X<n\leq 2X}d_k(n)d_l(n+h)-C_{k,l,h}X(\log X)^{k+l-2}\right|=o\left(HX(\log X)^{k+l-2}\right). \] \item[(ii)] (Related by Hardy-Littlewood prime tuples conjecture on average) There exists a constant $C_{k,h}$ such that as $X\to\infty$, \[ \sum_{|h|\leq H}\left|\sum_{X<n\leq 2X}\Lambda(n)d_k(n+h)-C_{k,h}X(\log X)^{k-1}\right|=o\left(HX(\log X)^{k-1}\right). \] \end{itemize}