Squarefree polynomials and Mobius values in short intervals and arithmetic progressions
Squarefree polynomials and Mobius values in short intervals and arithmetic progressions
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短区间和算术级数中的无平方多项式和莫比乌斯值
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2015
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Z. Rudnick
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J. Keating;Z. Rudnick
We calculate the mean and variance of sums of the Mobius function and the indicator function of the squarefrees, in both short intervals and arithmetic progressions, in the context of the ring of polynomials over a finite field of $q$ elements, in the limit $q\to \infty$. We do this by relating the sums in question to certain matrix integrals over the unitary group, using recent equidistribution results due to N. Katz, and then by evaluating these integrals. In many cases our results mirror what is either known or conjectured for the corresponding problems involving sums over the integers, which have a long history. In some cases there are subtle and surprising differences. The ranges over which our results hold is significantly greater than those established for the corresponding problems in the number field setting.