The distribution of k-free numbers and the derivative of the Riemann zeta-function

Abstract: Under the Riemann Hypothesis, we connect the distribution of

k

-free numbers with the derivative of the Riemann zeta-function at nontrivial zeros of

z e t a (s)

. Moreover, with additional assumptions, we prove the existence of a limiting distribution of

e^{- f r a c y 2 k} M_{k} (e^{y})

and study the tail of the limiting distribution, where

M_{k} (x) = s u m_{n l e q x} m u_{k} (n) - f r a c x z e t a (k)

and

m u_{k} (n)

is the characteristic function of

k

-free numbers. Finally, we make a conjecture about the maximum order of

M_{k} (x)

by heuristic analysis on the tail of the limiting distribution.

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