The multiplication table constant and sums of two squares

DOI10.4064/AA230828-19-4MaRDI QIDQ6595601zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Andrew Granville, Alisa Sedunova, Cihan Sabuncu

Publication date 30 August 2024

Published in Acta Arithmetica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4064/AA230828-19-4

zbMATH Keywords

forms in prime variableslarge values of arithmetic functionssums of squares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of sieve methods (11N36) Asymptotic results on arithmetic functions (11N37)

Review text

In this paper, an asymptotically tight formula is given for the number of integers \(n\leq x\) that can be written as \(n=a^2+p^2\) where \(p\) is a prime and \(a\) is a positive integer; furthermore, the secondary term is also estimated. Namely, the authors prove that the number of integers admitting such a representation is \N\[\N\frac{\pi}{2}\cdot \frac{x}{\log x}-\frac{x(\log\log x)^{O(1)}}{(\log x)^{1+\delta}},\N\]\Nwhere \(\delta:=1-\frac{1+\log\log 2}{\log 2}\) is the multiplication table constant.\N\NThey also formulate a conjecture -- supported by some heuristics -- stating that the secondary term is asymptotic to \N\[\N\frac{\psi\left(\frac{\log\log x}{\log 2} \right)}{\sqrt{\log\log x}}\cdot \frac{x}{(\log x)^{1+\delta}},\N\]\Nwhere \(\psi(t)\) is a 1-periodic continuous, non-constant, positive-valued function.

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