A generalization of the Siegel-Walfisz theorem and its application (Q397053)

In this paper, a generalization of the Siegel-Walfisz theorem to the case of integers \(n\) with a fixed number of prime factors has been investigated and some conditional results have been proved. Let \(w(n) \) denote the number of distinct prime factors of a positive integer \(n>1\) and \[ g_{k}(n)=\begin{cases} 1, & \text{if }\;w(n)=k; \\ 0,& \text{otherwise}. \end{cases} \] The purpose is to get an asymptotic formula for \(\sum g_{k}(n)\) when \(k>1\), where the sum is over \(n\leq x\) and \(n\equiv a\pmod q\). The proof of the result is based on the distribution of zeros of the Dirichlet \(L\)-functions under the extended Riemann hypothesis (ERH) and some classical results about the distribution of prime numbers. As an application of the generalized Siegel-Walfisz theorem, the problem of the products in residue classes under the condition that ERH is true has been investigated. To be exact, the question of whether there are integers \(r\) and \(s \) with a fixed number of prime factors such that \(rs \equiv a\pmod q\), and if so, how small \(r\) and \(s\) can be chosen, has been considered.