On the bivariate Erdős-Kac theorem and correlations of the Möbius function

DOI10.1017/S0305004119000288zbMATH Open1489.11153arXiv1612.09544OpenAlexW2967933855MaRDI QIDQ4958671FDOQ4958671

Authors: Alexander P. Mangerel 

Publication date: 14 September 2021

Published in: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $2leqyleqx$ such that $$. Let $omeg{a}_y(n)$ denote the number of distinct prime factors $p$ of $n$ such that $pleqy$, and let $m{u}_y(n):=m{u}^2(n)(-1{)}^{omeg{a}_y(n)}$, where $mu$ is the M"{o}bius function. We prove that if $$ is not too large (in terms of $x$) then for each fixed $ainmathbbN$, �egin{equation*} sum_{n leq x} mu_y(n)mu_y(n+a) ll xleft(frac{1}{log_2 y} + e^{-frac{1}{21}�eta log �eta} ight). end{equation*} This can be seen as a partial result towards the binary Chowla conjecture. Our main input is a emph{quantitative} bivariate analogue of the ErdH{o}s-Kac theorem regarding the distribution of the pairs $(omega(n),omega(n+a))$, where $n$ and $n+a$ both belong to any subset of the positive integers with suitable sieving properties; moreover, we show that the set of squarefree integers is an example of such a set. We end with a further application of this probabilistic result related to a problem of ErdH{o}s and Mirsky on the number of integers $nleqx$ such that $au(n)=au(n+1)$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.09544

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zbMATH Keywords

normal distributionshiftChowla conjecturenumber of prime divisorstwo-variableErdős-Kac theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic results on arithmetic functions (11N37) Distribution of integers with specified multiplicative constraints (11N25) Applications of sieve methods (11N36) Distribution functions associated with additive and positive multiplicative functions (11N60)

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