On eigenvalues of the kernel \frac{1}{2} + \lfloor \frac{1}{xy}\rfloor - \frac{1}{xy}, II

arXiv1812.01039MaRDI QIDQ6310652FDOQ6310652

Authors: Nigel Watt 

Publication date: 3 December 2018

Abstract: Let $K(x,y)=1over2+lfloor1overxyfloor-1overxy,$ ($0<x,yleq1$). A non-trivial identity connects the sum $S(N):=su{m}_{m=1}^{N}su{m}_{n=1}^{N}Kleft(moverN,noverNight)mu(m)mu(n)$ (where $mu(n)$ is the M"obius function) with the Mertens sum $mu(1)+mu(2)+cdots+mu(N^2)$. Motivated by this, we consider two families of degenerate integral kernels that are step-function approximations to $K$. We obtain new results concerning the distribution of the relevant reciprocal eigenvalues: those of the approximations to $K$, and those of $K$ itself. The proofs utilise both the Hilbert-Schmidt theory of linear integral equations and Weyl's inequalities for reciprocal eigenvalues of kernels $U,V,W$ satisfying $U=V+W$. We show also that $S(N)$ is reasonably well approximated by sums involving just $mu(1),ldots,mu(N)$, a limited number of reciprocal eigenvalues of $K$ and the values that the corresponding eigenfunctions have at the points $x=1overN,2overN,ldots,NoverN$. Machine computations have informed much of our work: we discuss some numerical results concerning the least and the greatest of the reciprocal eigenvalues of $K$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Numerical computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices (65F15) Arithmetic functions; related numbers; inversion formulas (11A25) (zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06) Toeplitz, Cauchy, and related matrices (15B05) Toeplitz operators, Hankel operators, Wiener-Hopf operators (47B35) Eigenvalue problems for linear operators (47A75)

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