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arxiv: 0806.3944 · v1 · submitted 2008-06-24 · 🧮 math.NT

On primitive Dirichlet characters and the Riemann hypothesis

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For any natural number $n$, let $X'_n$ be the set of primitive Dirichlet characters modulo $n$. We show that if the Riemann hypothesis is true, then the inequality $|X'_{2n_k}|\le C_2 e^{-\gamma} \phi(2n_k)/\log\log(2n_k)$ holds for all $k\ge 1$, where $n_k$ is the product of the first $k$ primes, $\gamma$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant, $C_2$ is the twin prime constant, and $\phi(n)$ is the Euler function. On the other hand, if the Riemann hypothesis is false, then there are infinitely many $k$ for which the same inequality holds and infinitely many $k$ for which it fails to hold.

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