A Mertens function analogue for the Rankin–Selberg L-function
Date: Tue, Jun 18, 2024
Location: PIMS, University of British Columbia
Conference: Comparative Prime Number Theory
Subject: Mathematics, Number Theory
Class: Scientific
CRG: L-Functions in Analytic Number Theory
Abstract:
Let f be a self-dual Maass form for SL(n,Z). We write Lf(s) for the Godement–Jacquet L-function associated to f and Lf×f(s) for the Rankin–Selberg L-function of f with itself. The inverse of Lf×f(s) is defined by
1Lf×f(s):=∞∑m=1c(m)ms,R(s)>1.
It is well known that the classical Mertens function M(x):=∑m≤xμ(m) is related to
1ζ(s)=∞∑m=1μ(m)ms,R(s)>1.
We define the analogue of the Mertens function for Lf×f(s) as ˜M(x):=∑m≤xc(m) and obtain an upper bound for this analogue ˜M(x), similar to what is known for the Mertens function M(x). In particular, we prove that ˜M(x)≪fxexp(−A√logx for sufficiently large x and for some positive constant A. This is a joint work with my Ph.D. supervisor Prof. A. Sankaranarayanan.