Squarefree polynomials and Möbius values in short intervals and arithmetic progressions

DOI10.2140/ANT.2016.10.375zbMATH Open1391.11156arXiv1504.03444OpenAlexW2125603581WikidataQ102184789 ScholiaQ102184789MaRDI QIDQ264385FDOQ264385

Zeév Rudnick, J. P. Keating

Publication date: 31 March 2016

Published in: Algebra \& Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We calculate the mean and variance of sums of the M"obius function and the indicator function of the squarefrees, in both short intervals and arithmetic progressions, in the context of the ring of polynomials over a finite field of $q$ elements, in the limit $qoinfty$. We do this by relating the sums in question to certain matrix integrals over the unitary group, using recent equidistribution results due to N. Katz, and then by evaluating these integrals. In many cases our results mirror what is either known or conjectured for the corresponding problems involving sums over the integers, which have a long history. In some cases there are subtle and surprising differences. The ranges over which our results hold is significantly greater than those established for the corresponding problems in the number field setting.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.03444

zbMATH Keywords

Chowla's conjectureequidistributionfunction fieldsGood-Churchhouse conjectureshort intervalssquarefreesMöbius function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Zeta and (L)-functions in characteristic (p) (11M38) Relations with random matrices (11M50) Arithmetic theory of polynomial rings over finite fields (11T55)

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