A Mertens function analogue for the Rankin–Selberg L-function

Speaker: Amrinder Kaur

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):=mxμ(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):=mxc(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(Alogx for sufficiently large x and for some positive constant A. This is a joint work with my Ph.D. supervisor Prof. A. Sankaranarayanan.

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