Möbius function, an identity factory with applications

Speaker: Sebastian Zuniga Alterman

Date: Mon, Dec 4, 2023

Location: PIMS, University of British Columbia, Zoom, Online

Conference: Analytic Aspects of L-functions and Applications to Number Theory

Subject: Mathematics

Class: Scientific

CRG: L-Functions in Analytic Number Theory

Abstract:

By using an identity relating a sum to an integral, we obtain a family of identities for the averages M(X)=nXμ(n) and m(X)=nXμ(n)/n. Further, by choosing some specific families, we study two summatory functions related to the Möbius function, μ(n), namely nXμ(n)/ns and nXμ(n)/nslog(X/n), where s is a complex number and s>0. We also explore some applications and examples when s is real. (joint work with O. Ramaré)