Multiplicative functions that are close to their mean

DOI10.1090/TRAN/8427MaRDI QIDQ5158103zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander P. Mangerel, Cosmin Pohoata, Joni Teräväinen, Oleksiy Klurman

Publication date 21 October 2021

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.06265, https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200110-150317815

zbMATH Keywords

multiplicative functionpartial sumssieve methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic results on arithmetic functions (11N37) Other results on the distribution of values or the characterization of arithmetic functions (11N64)

Abstract: We introduce a simple sieve-theoretic approach to studying partial sums of multiplicative functions which are close to their mean value. This enables us to obtain various new results as well as strengthen existing results with new proofs. As a first application, we show that for a completely multiplicative function $f:mathbbNo-1,1,$ �egin{align*} limsup_{x oinfty}Big|sum_{nleq x}mu^2(n)f(n)Big|=infty. end{align*} This confirms a conjecture of Aymone concerning the discrepancy of square-free supported multiplicative functions. Secondly, we show that a completely multiplicative function $f:mathbbNomathbbC$ satisfies �egin{align*} sum_{nleq x}f(n)=cx+O(1) end{align*} with $ceq0$ if and only if $f(p)=1$ for all but finitely many primes and $|f(p)|<1$ for the remaining primes. This answers a question of Ruzsa. For the case $c=0,$ we show, under the additional hypothesis ${\displaystyle }$sum_{p }frac{1-|f(p)|}{p} < infty,${\displaystyle }$ that $f$ has bounded partial sums if and only if $f(p)=chi(p)p^{it}$ for some non-principal Dirichlet character $chi$ modulo $q$ and $tinmathbbR$ except on a finite set of primes that contains the primes dividing $q$, wherein $|f(p)|<1.$ This provides progress on another problem of Ruzsa and gives a new and simpler proof of a stronger form of Chudakov's conjecture. Along the way we obtain quantitative bounds for the discrepancy of the generalized characters improving on the previous work of Borwein, Choi and Coons.

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