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Densities in certain three-way prime number races

Part of: Structure and classification of infinite or finite groups Multiplicative number theory Limit theorems Probabilistic theory: distribution modulo $1$; metric theory of algorithms Zeta and $L$-functions: analytic theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2020

Jiawei Lin  and
Greg Martin
Jiawei Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia Room 121, 1984 Mathematics Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada e-mail: jiawei.lin@alumni.ubc.ca
Greg Martin*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia Room 121, 1984 Mathematics Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada e-mail: jiawei.lin@alumni.ubc.ca
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e-mail: gerg@math.ubc.ca
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Abstract

Let $a_1$ , $a_2$ , and $a_3$ be distinct reduced residues modulo q satisfying the congruences $a_1^2 \equiv a_2^2 \equiv a_3^2 \ (\mathrm{mod}\ q)$ . We conditionally derive an asymptotic formula, with an error term that has a power savings in q, for the logarithmic density of the set of real numbers x for which $\pi (x;q,a_1)> \pi (x;q,a_2) > \pi (x;q,a_3)$ . The relationship among the $a_i$ allows us to normalize the error terms for the $\pi (x;q,a_i)$ in an atypical way that creates mutual independence among their distributions, and also allows for a proof technique that uses only elementary tools from probability.

Keywords

Analytic number theoryprime number races

MSC classification

Primary: 11N13: Primes in progressions 11M26: Nonreal zeros of $zeta (s)$ and $L(s, chi)$; Riemann and other hypotheses 11K99: None of the above, but in this section
Secondary: 60F05: Central limit and other weak theorems 20E07: Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , February 2022 , pp. 232 - 265
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