Central limit theorems for random multiplicative functions

Abstract: A Steinhaus random multiplicative function

f

is a completely multiplicative function obtained by setting its values on primes

f (p)

to be independent random variables distributed uniformly on the unit circle. Recent work of Harper shows that

s u m_{n l e N} f (n)

exhibits ``more than square-root cancellation," and in particular

f r a c 1 s q r t N s u m_{n l e N} f (n)

does not have a (complex) Gaussian distribution. This paper studies

s u m_{n i n m a t h c a l A} f (n)

, where

m a t h c a l A

is a subset of the integers in

[1, N]

, and produces several new examples of sets

m a t h c a l A

where a central limit theorem can be established. We also consider more general sums such as

s u m_{n l e N} f (n) e^{2 p i i n h e t a}

, where we show that a central limit theorem holds for any irrational

h e t a

that does not have extremely good Diophantine approximations.

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