Arithmetical functions

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This sequel to the author's ``Introduction to analytic number theory. [Berlin etc.: Springer-Verlag (1968; Zbl 0169.37502)] grew out of a course of lectures given at the Forschungsinstitut für Mathematik of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich. The main theme of the book is the asymptotic behaviour of selected arithmetical functions. The level and scope are described by the following list of chapter titles and highlights of each chapter. I. The prime number theorem and Selberg's method (Selberg's elementary proof as modified by E. Wirsing). II. The zeta-function of Riemann (Functional equation, Hardy's theorem on the infinity of zeros on the critical line, Hamburger's theorem characterizing \(\zeta(s)\) by its functional equation). III. Littlewood's theorem and Weyl's method (Zero-free regions of \(\zeta(s)\), estimates for \(\psi(x) - x\) and \(\pi(x) - \operatorname{li}x)\). IV. Vinogradov's method (Chudakov's refinements of Littlewood's theorem). V. Theorems of Hoheisel and of Ingham (Estimates for differences of consecutive primes). VI. Dirichlet's \(L\)-functions and Siegel's theorem (Estermann's proof that \(L(s,\chi)\) has no real zero between \(1 - k^{-\varepsilon}\) and 1 if \(\chi\) is a real nonprincipal character \(\mod k\), \(k\) sufficiently large). VII. Theorems of Hardy-Ramanujan and of Rademacher on the partition function (A proof due to C. L. Siegel of Rademacher's convergent series for \(p(n))\). The roots of unity \(\omega_{p+q}\) arising from the transformation formula for Dedekind's function \(\eta(\tau)\) are not explicitly determined). VIII. Dirichlet's divisor problem (A study of the error term including the estimates of the error term including the estimates of Voronoi, Hardy, and Landau, and a Bessel-function identity). Each chapter is accomplished by valuable notes giving historical remarks and references to further work. This book provides a good cross-section of methods used in analytic number theory and is a welcome addition to the literature.





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