Average absolute value conjecture for the triangular-number Möbius function

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Let T(i)=12i(i+1)\mathcal T(i)=\frac12 i(i+1) be the ii-th triangular number, let i≤Tji\leq_{\mathcal T}j mean that T(i)\mathcal T(i) divides T(j)\mathcal T(j), and let μT\mu_{\mathcal T} be the Möbius function of the poset (N,≤T)(\mathbb N,\leq_{\mathcal T}). Average absolute value conjecture. As n→∞n\to\infty,

∑i=1n∣μT(i)∣=12n+o(n).\sum_{i=1}^n|\mu_{\mathcal T}(i)|=\frac12n+o(n).

Equivalently, the average of ∣μT(i)∣|\mu_{\mathcal T}(i)| tends to 12\frac12. This is based on numerical data and is not resolved in the supplied text.

References

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Rohan Pandey and Harry Richman, “The Möbius function of the poset of triangular numbers under divisibility”, arXiv:2402.07934 (2024).

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