On the variance of squarefree integers in short intervals and arithmetic progressions

Asymptotic results on arithmetic functions (11N37) Nonreal zeros of (zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)); Riemann and other hypotheses (11M26) Distribution of integers with specified multiplicative constraints (11N25)

Abstract: We evaluate asymptotically the variance of the number of squarefree integers up to

x

in short intervals of length

H < x^{6 / 11 - v a r e p s i l o n}

and the variance of the number of squarefree integers up to

x

in arithmetic progressions modulo

q

with

q > x^{5 / 11 + v a r e p s i l o n}

. On the assumption of respectively the Lindel"of Hypothesis and the Generalized Lindel"of Hypothesis we show that these ranges can be improved to respectively

H < x^{2 / 3 - v a r e p s i l o n}

and

q > x^{1 / 3 + v a r e p s i l o n}

. Furthermore we show that obtaining a bound sharp up to factors of

H^{v a r e p s i l o n}

in the full range

H < x^{1 - v a r e p s i l o n}

is equivalent to the Riemann Hypothesis. These results improve on a result of Hall (1982) for short intervals, and earlier results of Warlimont, Vaughan, Blomer, Nunes and Le Boudec in the case of arithmetic progressions.

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