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Wrong asymptotics of OEIS A000607 (number of partitions of an integer in prime parts)?

Sequence A000607 in the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences is the number of partitions of $n$ into prime parts. For example, there are $5$ partitions of $10$ into prime parts: $10 = 2 + 2 + 2 + ...
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Covering a set with geometric progressions

Consider the set $S_n=\{1,2,\cdots ,n\}$. What is the minimum number of distinct geometric progressions that cover $S_n$? Let us call this number $a_n$. I was wondering about this number after doing a ...
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Quantitative lower bounds related to Zhang's theorem on bounded gaps

Let $\mathcal{H}=\left\{ h_{i}\right\} _{i=1}^{k}$ be an admissible set, and define $$\pi_{\mathcal{H}}(x)=\left|\left\{ n\leq x\ :\ \exists\ i,j\leq k,\ i\neq j\ \text{such that both }n+h_{i},\ n+h_{...
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The number of representations of an integer as the inner product of integral lattice points

I was looking through some old notes of mine and I came across a couple lemmas/identities I wrote down in regards to a question I asked about four years ago. In particular I wrote that for an ...
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Mertens-like theorem

Mertens' first theorem states that $$ \sum_{p \leq n} \frac{\log p}{p} = \log n + O(1). $$ I read in this paper that the following variant is "classical": $$ \sum_{p \leq n} \frac{\log p}{p -...
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Tauberian theorem with better error term

This is a fairly vague question. Suppose we have a sequence of positive numbers $(c_n)_n$ and we want to find an asymptotic formula for $S(x) = \sum_{n \leq X} c_n$. In favorable circumstances, ...
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Asymptotics for pairs of positive integers whose harmonic (resp. geometric) mean is an integer

How does the cardinality of $$\{(a,b): 1 \leq a,b \leq n, \ 2ab/(a+b) \ \mbox{is an integer}\}$$ grow as a function of $n$? What about $$\{(a,b): 1 \leq a,b \leq n, \ \sqrt{ab} \ \mbox{is an integer}\}...
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Does the mean ratio of the largest prime factor in prime gaps to the lower bound of the gap converge?

Posting in MO since this questions has been unanswered in MSE for 3 months. Let $p_n$ be the $n$-th prime and $q_n$ be largest among all the prime factors of the composite numbers between $p_n$ and $...
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Asymptotics of product of Euler's totient function (A001088)?

Conjecture: \begin{align} \lim_{n\to \infty } \, \frac{\left(\prod _{k=1}^n \phi (k)\right){}^{1/n}}{n}\sim 0.2059\text{...} \end{align} The numerical result from 100000 terms is: My questions are: ...
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On the asymptotic behaviour of the series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left ( \frac{\zeta(ns)}{n}+\frac{s}{1-ns}\right )$ near $s=0$

I am interested in determining the behaviour of the the series/function $$f(s)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left ( \frac{\zeta(ns)}{n}+\frac{s}{1-ns}\right )$$ near $s=0$. It is clear that $f(0)$ is undefined....
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The Gauss Circle Problem asymptotic in dimension

The circle problem in $k$ dimensions: "For $n>0$, how many points $z\in \ \mathbb{Z}^k$ have $\|z\|^2\leq n$?" For large $n$, the answer is $\approx n^{k/2}\cdot \operatorname{Vol}(B^k(0,1))+\...
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Probability of large gcd

Is the following statement true? Let $N$ be sufficiently large, and choose $t$ uniformly randomly in $\{1,2,\ldots,N\}$. Then $$\Pr[\gcd(t, N)>N^{3/4}] < N^{-1/16}.$$ This is the "dual"...
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Probability that a positive integer is in the range of the Euler phi function

Define $f(n) = |\{m : m\le n, \exists k \text{ s.t. }\phi(k) = m\}|$. Clearly, $f(n)\le \left\lfloor \frac{n}{2}\right\rfloor + 1$ since $\phi(n)$ is even for all $n > 2$. Is $\limsup_{n\...
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About the logarithmic derivative of the Riemann zeta function

Let $\rho=\beta+i\gamma$ a non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function and $s=\sigma+it$ a complex number. It is possible to prove that $$\frac{\zeta'}{\zeta}\left(s\right)=\sum_{\left|t-\gamma\...
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Asymptotic behavior of partial sums of Dirichlet series

Consider the Dirichlet series: $$\sum_{n \geq 1} \frac{a_n}{n^s} = \frac{\zeta(s+1/3)}{\zeta(s)}$$ where $\zeta(s)$ is the Riemann zeta function. Question: Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis (RH), how ...
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Asymptotic estimate for an integral involving the squared modulus of the Riemann zeta function

For any fixed $\frac{1}{2} < \sigma < 1$, let $$\int_0^T \frac{|\zeta(\sigma+it)|^2}{\sqrt{1+t^2}} \ dt = O(T^\theta), \qquad T \uparrow \infty. $$ It is clear that $\theta > 0$, since we ...
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Equidistribution on the unit circle of particular sequences of finite subsets

Given a strictly convex function $g : [0, 1] \to \mathbb{R}$, I'm curious about the asymptotic distribution of the points $\exp{(2 \pi i N g(n / N))}$ for $n = 1, 2, \dots, N$, counted with ...
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What is the asymptotic of the irregular blue curve? Is it $(8x)^{1/2}$ or is it something else?

From Terry Tao's post here there is the statement: "Conversely, if one can somehow establish a bound of the form $$\displaystyle \sum_{n \leq x} \Lambda(n) = x + O( x^{1/2+\epsilon} ) \tag{1}$$ ...
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Sum of reciprocals of rough numbers

Let $x$ and $y$ be given real numbers. We may suppose that $2\leqslant x \leqslant y$ and that $u:= \log(y)/\log(x)$ remains bounded in a compact set away from $1$ as $x,y\to\infty$. An integer $n$ is ...
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Lindelöf hypotheses for derivatives of zeta

The Lindelöf hypothesis says that if we have: $$\zeta(\sigma+iT)=\mathcal O(T^a)$$ Then if one considers $\sigma=1/2$ then $\inf a=0$. Further, from convexity and the functional equation this implies ...
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Asymptotic estimate of double summation

I would like to determine an asymptotic expansion for the following double summation: $$\sum_{a=1}^{N/\sqrt {j}} \sum_{b=a}^{ja} \frac{1}{ab}$$ where $j$ is a real number $\geq 1$ and $N$ tends to $\...
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A bound for the number of integer solutions to a simple inequality

I am interested in proving an upper bound (expressed as a power of $N$, with $N\rightarrow\infty$ ) for the number of elements of the set $$ A_N=\{(k,l,m,n)\in([N,2N]\cap\mathbb{Z})^4: |k^2+l^2-m^2-n^...
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Overconcentration of Poles on the Circle of Convergence of a Power Series with Bounded Coefficients

Let $V$ be an arbitrary set of infinitely many positive integers, and let: $$\varsigma_{V}\left(z\right)\overset{\textrm{def}}{=}\sum_{v\in V}z^{v}$$ Let $T_{V}$ denote the set of all $t\in\left[0,1\...
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Number of solutions of linear congruence with bounded variables

Fix some nonzero integers $a_1, \dots, a_k$, with $k \geq 2$, and some real numbers $c_1, \dots, c_k \in (0,1)$. For every positive integer $m$, let $N(m)$ be the number of $k$-tuple of integers $(x_1,...
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What is known about the mode of the number of divisors $\le x$?

Let $d(x)$ be the divisor function. Let $M(x)$ ($x$ a positive integer) be the most frequent value of $d(y)$ for $1 \le y \le x$. Is an asymptotic known for $M(x)$, and failing that, can $M(x)$ at ...
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What is the sum of the binomial coefficients ${n\choose p}$ over prime numbers?

What is known about the asymptotics, lower and upper bound of the sum of the binomial coefficients $$ S_n = {n\choose 2} + {n\choose 3} + {n\choose 5} + \cdots + {n\choose p} $$ where the sum runs ...
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Estimate related to the Möbius function

I need to know, or at least have a good bound for, the asymptotic behaviour on $x$ of amount of integers less or equal than $x$ that are square free and with exactly $k$ primes on its decomposition. ...
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Average involving the Euler phi function

Does $$\frac{1}{N^2}\sum _{d=1}^N \log d \sum _{n=1}^{N/d} \frac{\phi(n)}{\log (dn)},$$ converges or not when $N$ goes to infinity?
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On approximation of $\sum_{a,b=1}^n\gcd(a,b)$

Denote $g(n)=\sum_{a,b=1}^n\gcd(a,b)$, can we prove that $$g(n)=\frac6{\pi^2}n^2\ln n+Cn^2+O(n\ln n)$$, where $C=-\frac12+\frac{6}{\pi^2}(-\frac12+\gamma-\ln(2\pi)+12\ln A),$ where $\gamma$ denotes ...
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Sum over reciprocal of primes times coefficient

I would like to show that $$ \sum_{p\leq x} \frac{1}{p^{1+2/\log x}}\left(\frac{\log\left(x/p\right)}{\log(x)}\right)^2=\log\log x +\mathcal{O}(1) $$ What I have tried Since we know that $$ \sum_{p\...
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Asymptotics for sums of powers of divisor function

It is a well known result that with $\tau(n) := \sum_{d|n} 1$ that $$\sum_{n\le X}\tau(n)\sim X\log X,\\ \sum_{n\le X}\tau(n)^2\sim C_1X\log^3X$$ for some $C_1 > 0$. In general, it is also known ...
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Is there a "convolution" of asymptotic growth?

Suppose that I have two asymptotic counts given by $$ \#\{x \in [0,H] \cap \mathbb Z: f(x) \leq H\} \sim F(H) $$ and also $$ \#\{x \in [0,H] \cap \mathbb Z: g(x) \leq H\} \sim G(H). $$ From these two ...
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Sharp estimates for Meissel-Mertens constant

I wondered if it is possible to get a similar inequality like $(1.1)$ of Michael D. Hirschhorn, Approximating Euler's Constant, The Fibonacci Quarterly, Volume 49, Number 3 (August 2011) for the ...
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Relation between $\pi$, area and the sides of Pythagorean triangles whose hypotenuse is a prime number

Consider all Pythagorean triangles $a^2 + b^2 = p^2$ in which the hypotenuse $p$ is a prime number. Let $h(x) = \sum_{p \le x}p^2$, $a(x) = \sum_{p \le x}ab$ and $r(x) = \sum_{p \le x}(a+b)^2$. Is it ...
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What work can be done to study the solutions of $\varphi\left(x^{\sigma(x)}\sigma(x)^x\right)=2^{x-1} x^{3x-1}\varphi(x)$?

For integers $n\geq 1$ I denote the Euler's totient function as $\varphi(n)$ and the divisor function $\sum_{1\leq d\mid n}d$ as $\sigma(n)$, that are two well-known mulitplicative functions. We ...
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Arithmetic properties of a sum related to the first Hardy-Littlewood conjecture

The starting point of this post is an earlier question, where I conjectured (and GH from MO confirmed) that the von Mangoldt function is the limit at $s=1$ of a certain Dirichlet series, $$\Lambda(m)=\...
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A similar lemma to a lemma due to Lagarias, for the partial sums of reciprocal of primes

I was inspired in Lemma 3.1 of [1] and in the Theorem 4.12 of [2] to ask about a similar statement that shows Lagarias in his paper as Lemma 3.1. The Lemma from Lagarias's paper is that if $H(n)=\...
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What explains the asymptotic and the pattern in this sequence related to Riemann zeta zeros?

As the starting point for my experiment I assumed that the imaginary parts of the Riemann zeta zeros are of the form: $$\Im \{ \rho_n \} = \frac{2\pi}{\log x_n}$$ where $x_n$ is unknown. Therefore I ...
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Asymptotic behavior of weighted sums involving the fractional part function

Currently, I am studying the asymptotic behavior of sums of the form \begin{equation}\label{eq1}\tag{1} \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} f(n-k) \left\{ \frac{n}{k} \right\} \end{equation} In this context, based on ...
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Asymptotic number of "modular primes"

We can say that a number $p$ is prime modulo $N$ if for any two numbers $1<a,b<p$, $ab \not\equiv p \pmod N$. We will define $p(n)$ to be the number of primes mod $n$. I'm wondering about the ...
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Effective prime number theorem

The prime number theorem implies that for every $ϵ>0$, there is $n_\epsilon$ such that for all $n≥n_\epsilon$ the number of primes in $[n,cn]$ is at least $\frac{(c−1−\epsilon)n}{\log n}$ and at ...
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Effective version of the Bombieri-Vinogradov theorem

Is there an effective version of the Bombieri-Vinogradov Theorem, in that have bounds on the implied constant been found?
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Approximation of $\sum_{\rho}\frac{1}{|\rho|^2}$, over the non-trivial zeros of the Ramanujan's zeta function

I would like to know if it in the literature an approximation for $$\sum_{\rho}\frac{1}{|\rho|^2}\tag{1}$$ where the sum is over all of the non-trivial zeros of the Ramanujan's zeta function (also ...
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The graph and sign of $p_n-\operatorname{ali}(n)$, where $p_n$ is the $n$-th prime and $\operatorname{ali}(n)$ the inverse of the logarithmic integral

I'm inspired in [1] to ask the following question. My problem is that I have not an implementation of the inverse of the logarithmic integral $\operatorname{Li}(x)=\int_2^x\frac{dt}{\log t}$, that ...
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Meinardus theorem at use: problems with conditions

I am working on an enumerative problem related to knot theory, and I have found the following generating function $$F(z)=\prod_{n\geq 1} \frac{1}{(1-z^{2n+1})^2}.$$ I am interested on getting ...
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On conjectures about the arithmetic function that counts the number of Sophie Germain primes

I've edited this post two years ago on Mathematics Stack Exchange, with identifier 3590406 and same title On conjectures about the arithmetic function that counts the number of Sophie Germain primes, ...
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Mellin transform at $0$

Let $f$ be a smooth complex valued function with support on $[0,2]$ and with Mellin transform $\tilde{f}$. Recall that the Mellin transform is defined as $$\tilde{f}(w)=\int_0^{\infty}f(x)x^{w-1}dx.$$ ...
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About the asymptotics of LCM

Let $g(x,c)$ be a uniformly random integer in the range $(x,x+c)$ and $LCM[x_1,x_2...x_i]$ the lowest common multiple of the integers $x_i$. A) Does the limit of (the asymptotics of $LCM[g(3^1,c),g(...
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A sharper estimate for a generalization of the sum-of-divisors function

I am interested in the function $f_n(m)$ which can be defined by the Dirichlet generating function $$\zeta(s)\zeta(s - 1) \cdots\zeta(s - n + 1) = \sum\limits_{m = 1}^\infty \frac{f_n(m)}{m^s} $$ This ...
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Error function of the second moment of the divisor function

It is easy to show that the second moment of the divisor function has asymptotics: $$\sum_{n\leq x} d_0(n)^2 = xP(\log(x))+E_2(x)$$ Where $P$ is some polynomial and that: $$E_2 = o(x)$$ Previously, ...
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