The distribution of k-free numbers

DOI10.1090/MCOM/3581MaRDI QIDQ5145103zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael J. Mossinghoff, Tomas Silva, Timothy S. Trudgian

Publication date 20 January 2021

Published in Mathematics of Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.04972

zbMATH Keywords

oscillationsRiemann hypothesissquare-free

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonreal zeros of (zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)); Riemann and other hypotheses (11M26) Distribution functions associated with additive and positive multiplicative functions (11N60) Analytic computations (11Y35)

Abstract: Let $R_k(x)$ denote the error incurred by approximating the number of $k$-free integers less than $x$ by $x/zeta(k)$. It is well known that $R_k(x)=Omega(x^{frac12k})$, and widely conjectured that $R_k(x)=O(x^{frac12k+epsilon})$. By establishing weak linear independence of some subsets of zeros of the Riemann zeta function, we establish an effective proof of the lower bound, with significantly larger bounds on the constant compared to those obtained in prior work. For example, we show that $R_k(x)/x^{1/2k}>3$ infinitely often and that $R_k(x)/x^{1/2k}<-3$ infinitely often, for $k=2$, $3$, $4$, and $5$. We also investigate $R_2(x)$ and $R_3(x)$ in detail and establish that our bounds far exceed the oscillations exhibited by these functions over a long range: for $0<xleq10^{18}$ we show that $|R_2(x)|<1.12543x^{1/4}$ and $|R_3(x)|<1.27417x^{1/6}$. We also present some empirical results regarding gaps between square-free numbers and between cube-free numbers.

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