The constant-function mimicry conjecture for weighted multiplicative sums
The constant-function mimicry conjecture for weighted multiplicative sums
Let be the class of multiplicative functions under consideration, let denote the integers whose prime factors are at most , and let be the pretentious distance from to the constant function up to . For and , consider the -smooth weighted sum
Constant-function mimicry conjecture. One has
This conjecture asserts that the only genuine obstruction to a bounded weighted sum is mimicry of the constant function , rather than mimicry of functions .
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Leo Goldmakher, “Multiplicative mimicry and improvements of the Polya-Vinogradov inequality”, arXiv:0911.5547 (2010).
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