The half-power sign conjecture for Liouville sums

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Let λ(n)=(−1)Ω(n)\lambda(n)=(-1)^{\Omega(n)} be the Liouville function and define

L(X,α)=∑n≤Xλ(n)nα.L(X,\alpha)=\sum_{n\leq X}\frac{\lambda(n)}{n^\alpha}.

Half-power sign conjecture.

L(X,12)=∑1≤n≤Xλ(n)n1/2≤0L\left(X,\frac12\right)=\sum_{1\leq n\leq X}\frac{\lambda(n)}{n^{1/2}}\leq 0

for all X≥17X\geq 17. The inequality has been checked computationally for 17≤X≤300,00117\leq X\leq 300{,}001, but no proof for all X≥17X\geq 17 is given.

References

Primary source

T. S. Trudgian, “Between the conjectures of Pólya and Turán”, arXiv:1008.0897 (2010).

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