On the distribution of integers with a fixed number of prime factors
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On the distribution of integers with a fixed number of prime factors
zbMATH Open document ID: 0788.11040
DOI: 10.1007/BF03025713
published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift
publication date: 1994-04-12T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/174521
review text: Let \(f_ k(n)\) be the characteristic function of the set of positive integers with exactly \(k\) different prime factors, \(\Pi(x,k)= \sum_{n\leq x} f_ k(n)\). The behaviour of \(\Pi(x,k)\) has been studied by numerous authors like Landau, Sathe, Selberg. In the critical range \(\log_ 2 x\ll k\ll \log x(\log_ 2 x)^{-2}\) (\(\log_ 2 x=\log\log x\)) very precise bounds were recently given by \textit{A. Hildebrand} and \textit{G. Tenenbaum} [Duke Math. J. 56, No. 3, 471-501 (1988; Zbl 0655.10036)]. In the present paper the authors prove a mean value theorem of Bombieri-Vinogradov type for \(f_ k(n)\), namely \[ \sum_{d\leq x^{1/2-\varepsilon}} \max_{(a,d)=1} \max_{y\leq x} \biggl| \sum_{\textstyle {{{n\leq y} \atop {n\equiv a(d)}}}} f_ k(n)- {1\over {\varphi(d)}} \sum_{\textstyle {{{n\leq y} \atop {(n,d)=1}}}} f_ k(n) \biggr|\;\ll\;\Pi(n,k)(\log x)^{-A} \] uniformly in the interval \(1\leq k\leq\eta\log x(\log_ 2 x)^{-2}\) (\(\eta=\eta(A,\varepsilon)>0\)). -- In the proof bounds for \(L\)-functions and zero density results are used.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11N25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11N37
zbMATH DE Number: 549784
zbMATH Keywords: distribution of integers with fixed number of prime factors
zbMATH Keywords: mean value theorem of Bombieri-Vinogradov
author: Dieter Wolke
author: Tao Zhan
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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