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2608.13509
2 days ago

The distribution of kkk-free ideals in ray class groups

Adrian Barquero-Sanchez, Jack Heimrath, Bernd Sing +3

In this paper, we extend the classical problem of studying the distribution of kkk-free integers in arithmetic progressions to the setting of arbitrary number fields. Using the language of ray class groups, we establish asymptotic formulas, together with error terms, for the number of kkk

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-free ideals of bounded norm lying in a given ray class. In particular, our results show that
kkk
-free ideals are equidistributed among ray classes. We also obtain improved error estimates in the cases of ideal class groups and narrow class groups by using sharper ideal counting asymptotics due to Landau. Our results recover the classical formulas of Gegenbauer and Cohen--Robinson over
Q\mathbb{Q}Q
and extend previous work of Benkowski, Nymann, and Sittinger to the setting of ray class groups. We also present explicit computational examples that illustrate the asymptotic formulas and the equidistribution of
kkk
-free ideals among ray classes.
Number Theory
2608.13388
2 days ago

Intersective Polynomials and Universal Separation of Divosor Profiles

Zihan Zhang

We classify universal divisor-profile separation for coprime polynomial pairs of arbitrary degree and for all pairs of degree at most two. For A⊂NA\subset\NA⊂N and m∈Zm\in\Zm∈Z, let dA(m)d_A(m)dA​(m) count the members of AAA dividing mmm. For coprime nonzero F,G∈Z[x]F,G\in\Z[x]F,G∈Z[x], universally unbounded separation between dA(F(n))d_A(F(n))dA​(F(n)) and dA(G(n))d_A(G(n))dA​(G(n)) occurs if and only if one of F,GF,GF,G is intersective, that is, has a root modulo every positive integer. More generally, an intersective factor separated from finitely many polynomial opponents yields simultaneous one-sided dominance against all of them. For pairs with common irreducible factors, let U,VU,VU,V be the products of the factors occurring only on the two respective sides. Universal separation forces UVUVUV to have a root modulo almost every prime; equivalently, its Galois action has no derangement. We resolve the remaining finite ppp-adic boundary for all pairs of degree at most two: separation holds exactly when UVUVUV and at least one of F,GF,GF,G are intersective, and the criterion is unchanged by contents or factor multiplicities. The same criterion holds, in arbitrary degree, for three linear support factors with arbitrary positive multiplicities. The proofs combine uniform almost-prime values on root progressions with an adaptive local-routing argument.

Number Theory
2608.13371
2 days ago

Gross vectors modulo 2 and elliptic curves of prime conductor

Matija Kazalicki, Siniša Slijepčević

Let p > 3 be a prime, and let S_p denote the geometric isomorphism classes of supersingular elliptic curves in characteristic p whose j-invariants lie in F_p. For each negative fundamental discriminant -D for which p is inert in Q(sqrt(-D)), let m_i(D), i in S_p, be the integral coefficients of the corresponding Gross vector. We prove that the vectors (m_i(D) mod 2)_{i in S_p} span F_2^{S_p}. The key step reduces the parity of the representation numbers of Gross's ternary lattices to representation by rank-two sublattices perpendicular to Frobenius. Using Ibukiyama's explicit maximal orders, the resulting primitive binary forms are identified with those occurring in the Xiao--Zhou--Deng--Qu parametrization of supersingular elliptic curves over F_p. Class field theory and Chebotarev's theorem then allow the individual supersingular coordinates to be isolated. As a consequence, if E/Q has prime conductor p and positive Mordell--Weil rank, then every coefficient of its Brandt eigenvector indexed by S_p is even, proving a conjecture of Kazalicki and Kohen. Thus an odd coefficient at a rational supersingular class is an algebraic certificate of rank 0. Combining this parity theorem with formulas of Mestre and Gross--Kudla, we also prove that the modular degree of every positive-rank elliptic curve of prime conductor and root number +1 is divisible by 4. Consequently, Watkins' conjecture holds for all such curves of rank 2.

Number Theory
2608.13324
2 days ago

Some convolution identities for mock modular forms arising from the theory of holomorphic projection

Jonathan G. Bradley-Thrush, Frank Garvan, Jayashree Kalita +1

Convolution identities and recursive formulas have long played a role in the theory of holomorphic modular forms and their applications. These have served both as striking formulas and as fundamentally useful tools for applications to combinatorics. Recently, there has been renewed interest in examples arising from non-holomorphic modular forms. These include the famous Hurwitz-Kronecker class number relations dating to 1885, and groundbreaking work of Imamoğlu, Raum, and Richter from 2014. Imamoğlu, Raum, and Richter developed a theory of holomorphic projection for products of (vector-valued) harmonic Maass forms and holomorphic modular forms to produce many such formulas. This was related shortly thereafter by Duncan, Griffin, and Ono to replicable-type functions in the sense of Conway and Norton, and such recursions played a key role in their proof of the Umbral Moonshine Conjecture. Here, we develop new results on holomorphic projections of such functions which is more convenient for many natural cases. Imamoğlu, Raum, and Richter's choice corresponds to the case in which the generalized Pell equation m2−Dn2=Nm^2 - Dn^2 = Nm2−Dn2=N has a square value for DDD, which has only finitely many solutions for a given value of NNN. Our main results cover the cases of general DDD, in particular those for which the Pell equation has infinitely many solutions. As an application, we resolve a recent conjecture of the second author. More generally, our approach yields 18 convolution identities for mock theta functions, which we boil down to 5 identities that can directly be used to prove the others. In the appendices, we also show how these identities can be proven by more direct qqq-series methods; however, the key utility of the holomorphic projection formulas is that they give a tool to automatically discover and verify such formulas.

Number Theory
2608.13312
2 days ago

Local Minkowski units in non-abelian extensions with cyclic Sylow ppp-subgroups

Wan Lee, Donghyeok Lim

We establish a criterion for the existence of a local Minkowski unit at ppp that applies to all Galois extensions with Galois group isomorphic to the direct product of a non-ppp-group and a cyclic ppp-group. As applications, we construct non-abelian extensions admitting a local Minkowski unit at ppp under various ramification conditions and analyze the Iwasawa module structure of units in Zp\mathbb{Z}_pZp​-extensions of number fields. We also extend our study to the case where the group of ppp-power roots of unity is nontrivial.

Number Theory
2608.13299
2 days ago

Convolution-type Bombieri-Vinogradov theorem with well-factorable Weights, and its applications

Zhiyuan Yang

In 1986, Bombieri, Friedlander and Iwaniec famously obtained that primes are equidistributed in arithmetic progressions to moduli up to x4/7−εx^{4/7-\varepsilon}x4/7−ε, using well-factorable weights. In this paper, we apply Pascadi's triply-well-factorable convolution estimate and his estimation of incomplete Kloosterman sums to generalize this result to a convolutionform, which improves Wang's result under certain conditions. As for application, we consider the asymptotic density of #{n≤x:P+(n)<P+(n+1)}\#\{n\leq x:P^+(n)<P^+(n+1)\}#{n≤x:P+(n)<P+(n+1)} and #{p≤x:P+(p−1)≥pc}\#\{p\leq x:P^+(p-1)\geq p^c\}#{p≤x:P+(p−1)≥pc}, where P+(n)P^+(n)P+(n) denote the largest prime factor of nnn. We show that for x→∞x\rightarrow\inftyx→∞, one hasalign* #{n≤ x:P^+(n)<P^+(n+1)}>0.296x align* and align* &_x→∞ (1/π(x))#{p≤ x:P^+(p-1)≥ p^c}\&≤ S(c)={ aligned & ∫₀¹-c(2/(5/8-189u/200)(1-u))du, && (184/189)≤ c<1,\& S((184/189))+(10/3)(184/189c), && 0.7404<c≤ (184/189), aligned. align* where the function S(c)S(c)S(c) satisfties S(c)<72log⁡1cS(c)<\frac{7}{2}\log\frac{1}{c}S(c)<27​logc1​ for 0.7404<c<10.7404<c<10.7404<c<1. The first result improves a previous result 0.2800.2800.280 by the author (2026). The second result constitutes an improvement upon that of Ding and Wang (2025), who obatined lim⁡sup⁡x→∞1π(x)#{p≤x:P+(p−1)≥pc}≤72log⁡1c\mathop{\lim\sup}_{x\rightarrow\infty} \frac{1}{π(x)}\#\{p\leq x:P^+(p-1)\geq p^c\}\leq \frac{7}{2}\log\frac{1}{c}limsupx→∞​π(x)1​#{p≤x:P+(p−1)≥pc}≤27​logc1​.

Number Theory
2608.13266
2 days ago

On a conjecture of Corradi and Katai

Krishnarjun Krishnamoorthy

We consider Goldbach type sums corresponding to the Liouville function and prove the existence of sufficient cancellations. We also consider applications to sign patterns in the Liouville function.

Number TheoryCombinatorics
2608.13232
2 days ago

Asymptotic Analysis and Phase Transition of the Bessel-Kuznetsov Transform with an Oscillatory Phase

Yuhang Shi

The spectral side of the Kuznetsov trace formula for GL(2)GL(2)GL(2) is governed by the Bessel-Kuznetsov integral transform φˇ(t)\checkφ(t)φˇ​(t). While classical bounds guarantee rapid decay of this transform for smooth, non-oscillatory test functions, modern applications in analytic number theory---particularly those involving twisted shifted convolution sums---frequently encounter test functions exhibiting a highly oscillatory linear phase e(αx)e(αx)e(αx). In this paper, we provide a rigorous and explicit asymptotic analysis of φˇ(t)\checkφ(t)φˇ​(t) in the semiclassical limit t→∞t \to \inftyt→∞ under such oscillatory conditions. By applying the WKB approximation to the imaginary-order Bessel kernel, we identify a sharp phase transition dependent on the twist parameter ααα. We prove that in the sub-critical regime (α≤1/2πα\le 1/2πα≤1/2π), the transform decays rapidly. Conversely, in the super-critical regime (α>1/2πα> 1/2πα>1/2π), the geometric oscillations resonate with the spectral kernel, yielding a localized main term of order O(t−1)O(t^{-1})O(t−1) with a remarkably simplified arithmetic phase.

Number Theory
2608.13202
2 days ago

Infinitely many elliptic curves over Q(i)\mathbb{Q}(i)Q(i) of exact ranks 4 and 6 with jjj-invariant 1728

Ben Savoie

For each r∈{4,6}r\in\{4,6\}r∈{4,6}, we construct an explicit one-parameter family of elliptic curves over Q(i)\mathbb{Q}(i)Q(i) containing infinitely many pairwise nonisomorphic curves genuinely defined over Q(i)\mathbb{Q}(i)Q(i) with jjj-invariant 172817281728 and rank exactly rrr. We construct explicit Q(i)\mathbb{Q}(i)Q(i)-rational points to bound the ranks from below. Kai's theorem on prime values of linear patterns over number fields provides specializations with controlled local behavior, allowing us to obtain matching upper bounds via [1+i][1+i][1+i]-descent. The construction extends the strategy of the author's earlier rank-222 paper by replacing a symmetric Gaussian-prime configuration with systems of binary linear forms satisfying several complementary square identities. In the rank-666 case, the support vectors attached to the three constructed points and (0,0)(0,0)(0,0) span the self-dual Reed-Muller code RM(1,3)\mathrm{RM}(1,3)RM(1,3), which also occurs as the kernel of the quadratic-residue Laplacian governing the Selmer group.

Number Theory
2608.13199
2 days ago

Optimal local convergence criteria for integer and Gaussian integer continued fractions

Ian Short, Margaret Stanier, Matty van Son +1

The objective of this work is to determine optimal local restrictions on the coefficients of integer and Gaussian integer continued fractions that imply convergence. We identify all minimal restrictions involving words of length two in the integer case, and we identify all reversible minimal restrictions of length two in the Gaussian integer case. In the integer setting, our classification is equivalent to a classification of minimal unavoidable words of length two in Conway--Coxeter quiddity sequences. We also construct a canonical set of restrictions of infinite cardinality that is strictly stronger than every finite set of restrictions.

CombinatoricsComplex VariablesNumber Theory
2608.13192
2 days ago

Generalizations of the Christoffel-Darboux formula and congruences involving Apéry-like numbers

Zhi-Hong Sun

In this paper, we first extend the Christoffel-Darboux formula for orthogonal polynomials to general three-term recurrence sequences, and then investigate the identities and congruences for gn(x)g_n(x)gn​(x) and vn(x)v_n(x)vn​(x) given by align* &g₀(x)=1,\ g₁(x)=x+12,\ (n+1)²g_n+1(x)=(2n(n+1)+x+12)g_n(x)-n²g_n-1(x)\ (n≥ 1), \&v₀(x)=1,\ v₁(x)=x,\ (n+1)³v_n+1(x)=(2n+1)(n(n+1)+x)v_n(x)-n³v_n-1(x)\ (n≥ 1).align*

Number TheoryCombinatorics
2608.13172
2 days ago

On B4\mathcal{B}^4B4-almost periodicity for a class of arithmetical functions

Kritika Aggarwal, Debika Banerjee, Shubham Gupta

In this paper, we establish the B4\mathcal{B}^4B4-almost periodicity in the sense of Besicovitch for a suitably normalized error term associated with a broad class of arithmetical functions introduced by Chandrasekharan and Narasimhan. This result significantly strengthens B2\mathcal{B}^2B2-almost periodicity previously investigated in the literature for related error terms. By deriving truncated Voronoï-type formulas, we demonstrate that the normalized error term lies in the Besicovitch space B4B^4B4. As a consequence, we deduce that the error term admits a limit probability distribution and establish an explicit formula for its mean fourth power moment.

Number Theory
2608.13145
2 days ago

Analytic rank one propagation in Hida families

Stefano Vigni

Let fff be a non-CM newform of weight k≥4k\geq4k≥4, level NNN and trivial Nebentypus. Let p∤Np\nmid Np∤N be an odd prime number that is ordinary for fff and denote by f(p)\boldsymbol f^{(p)}f(p) the ppp-adic Hida family passing through fff. Assuming very specific instances of two general conjectures in arithmetic algebraic geometry (injectivity of ppp-adic Abel-Jacobi maps, positive definiteness of archimedean height pairings à la Gillet-Soulé), we prove that, for all but finitely many ppp as above, if the analytic rank of fff is 111, then all but finitely many specializations of f(p)\boldsymbol f^{(p)}f(p) of even weight and trivial Nebentypus have analytic rank 111. This result provides evidence for Greenberg's "minimality conjecture" on analytic ranks in families of modular forms.

Number TheoryAlgebraic Geometry
2608.13052
2 days ago

Spectral and Isoperimetric Bounds on Flat Tori

Emanuel Milman

We record several elementary relations between spectral and isoperimetric parameters of a flat torus TΛ=Rn/Λ\mathbb{T}_Λ= \mathbb{R}^n/ΛTΛ​=Rn/Λ and the covariance structure of a fundamental domain KKK for the lattice Λ⊂RnΛ\subset \mathbb{R}^nΛ⊂Rn. For every measurable fundamental domain KKK and nonzero vector ξξξ in the dual lattice Λ∗Λ^*Λ∗, we observe the sharp directional variance estimate ⟨Cov⁡Kξ,ξ⟩≥112.\left\langle \operatorname{Cov}_K ξ,ξ\right\rangle \geq \frac{1}{12}.⟨CovK​ξ,ξ⟩≥121​. This yields a lower bound on the torus spectral gap λSG(TΛ)λ_{\mathrm{SG}}(\mathbb{T}_Λ)λSG​(TΛ​) (equivalently, the length of the shortest nonzero dual vector λ1(Λ∗)λ_1(Λ^*)λ1​(Λ∗)) in terms of the maximal covariance of KKK: λSG(TΛ)=4π2λ1(Λ∗)2≥π23∥Cov⁡K∥op.λ_{\mathrm{SG}}(\mathbb{T}_Λ) = 4π^2 λ_1(Λ^*)^2 \geq \frac{π^2}{3\left\|\operatorname{Cov}_K\right\|_{\mathrm{op}}}.λSG​(TΛ​)=4π2λ1​(Λ∗)2≥3∥CovK​∥op​π2​. Analogous sharp results are obtained for the isoperimetric profile and the Cheeger constant DChe(TΛ)D_{\mathrm{Che}}(\mathbb{T}_Λ)DChe​(TΛ​) using an old argument of Hadwiger. In particular, when the Voronoi cell KΛK_ΛKΛ​ of a lattice with det⁡Λ=1\det Λ= 1detΛ=1 is isotropic, the recent resolution of the Slicing Problem by Klartag and Lehec implies that DChe(TΛ),λSG(TΛ),λ1(Λ∗)≥c>0,D_{\mathrm{Che}}(\mathbb{T}_Λ),\quad λ_{\mathrm{SG}}(\mathbb{T}_Λ),\quad λ_1(Λ^*) \geq c > 0,DChe​(TΛ​),λSG​(TΛ​),λ1​(Λ∗)≥c>0, where c>0c > 0c>0 is a universal constant independent of dimension nnn; this may be thought of as a positive resolution of the Kannan--Lovász--Simonovits conjecture for all flat tori. While there are lattices ΛΛΛ and corresponding Voronoi cells K=KΛK = K_ΛK=KΛ​ for which no dimension-independent converse inequality to the spectral-gap bound above can hold, we show that under a certain sectional tiling hypothesis, this inequality is in fact an equivalence (up to numerical constants).

Spectral TheoryFunctional AnalysisNumber Theory
2608.12927
2 days ago

A study of degenerate Bernoulli and Euler numbers via operators

Taekyun Kim, Dae san Kim

The paper introduces novel classes of operators and investigates their applications to the study of special numbers. We utilize these operators to derive explicit expressions for degenerate Euler numbers and type 2 degenerate Euler numbers. Furthermore, we establish a relationship between degenerate Bernoulli numbers and degenerate Euler numbers. We note here that these operators emerge naturally when we study such explicit expressions and such a relationship

Number Theory
2608.12758
2 days ago

Cyclic permutations of large subsets with polynomial values in multiplicative subgroups of finite fields

Hai-Liang Wu, He-Xia Ni

Let f(t)∈Z[t]f(t)\in\mathbb{Z}[t]f(t)∈Z[t] be a nonconstant polynomial with nonzero discriminant and let k≥2k\ge2k≥2 be an integer. For every sufficiently large prime p≡1(modk)p\equiv1\pmod{k}p≡1(modk), by applying mixed exponential sums over finite fields, discrete Fourier analysis and the spectral graph theory, we establish a threshold c(p,k,f)c(p,k,f)c(p,k,f) such that any subset A⊆FpA\subseteq\mathbb F_pA⊆Fp​ with #A≥c(p,k,f)\#A\ge c(p,k,f)#A≥c(p,k,f) admits a permutation a1,a2,⋯ ,a#Aa_1, a_2,\cdots, a_{\#A}a1​,a2​,⋯,a#A​ of AAA satisfying f(ai+ai+1)∈{xk:x∈Fp∗}f(a_i+a_{i+1})\in\{x^k: x\in\mathbb{F}_p^*\}f(ai​+ai+1​)∈{xk:x∈Fp∗​} for any 1≤i≤#A1\le i \le \#A1≤i≤#A, where a#A+1=a1a_{\#A+1}=a_1a#A+1​=a1​. Also, we give lower and upper bounds for the least possible threshold.

Number TheoryCombinatorics
2608.12739
2 days ago

On the Lorenz-Fibonacci sequences and substitutions

Bernardo San Martín, Víctor Sirvent

In the present article, we consider two families of integer sequences, the (k,r)(k,r)(k,r)-Lorenz-Fibonacci sequences of the first and second kind, whose characteristic polynomial is pk,r(x)=xk−xk−1−⋯−xr+xr−1+⋯+x+1,p_{k,r}(x)=x^k-x^{k-1}-\cdots- x^r+x^{r-1}+\cdots +x+1,pk,r​(x)=xk−xk−1−⋯−xr+xr−1+⋯+x+1, where k≥2r+1k\geq 2r+1k≥2r+1, and k≥3k\geq 3k≥3. These families include the well-known kkk-bonacci sequence, when r=0r=0r=0. These sequences arise naturally in the study of the dynamics of the Lorenz attractor. We introduce two families of substitutions (in an alphabet of kkk symbols) so that they are associated with each of the families of integer sequences and share the same polynomial. We study the main combinatorial properties of these substitutions.

Number Theory
2608.12722
3 days ago

Finite-Sum Realization of Archimedean Asai and Exterior-Square LLL-Factors

Yeongseong Jo, Akash Yadav

We prove that the archimedean Asai LLL-factor attached to an irreducible generic representation of GL⁡n(C)\operatorname{GL}_n(\mathbb{C})GLn​(C) can be expressed as a finite sum of Flicker local zeta integrals. For an archimedean local field FFF, we also prove that the exterior-square LLL-factor attached to an irreducible generic representation of GL⁡m(F)\operatorname{GL}_m(F)GLm​(F) can be expressed as a finite sum of Jacquet--Shalika local zeta integrals.

Number TheoryRepresentation Theory
2608.12709
3 days ago

Uniform bounds on prime levels of abelian division fields of elliptic curves over number fields without rationally defined CM

Hansol Kim

Enrique González-Jiménez and Álvaro Lozano-Robledo proved that there exists a uniform bound on the levels nnn for which the nnn-division field Q(E[n])/Q\mathbb{Q}\left(E\left[n\right]\right) / \mathbb{Q}Q(E[n])/Q of an elliptic curve E/QE/\mathbb{Q}E/Q defined over Q\mathbb{Q}Q is abelian. Assuming GRH (Generalized Riemann Hypothesis), Allen and Genao partially generalized this result by restricting to prime levels while allowing arbitrary number fields without rationally defined CM. In this paper, we remove the GRH assumption and prove that the property established by Allen and Genao is in fact equivalent to the absence of rationally defined CM.

Number Theory
2608.12690
3 days ago

Algebraic constructions of point sequences with quasi-uniform two-dimensional projections

Takashi Goda

Motivated by sequential space-filling designs for computer experiments, we study algebraic constructions of extensible point sets in the ddd-dimensional unit cube whose two-dimensional coordinate projections are all quasi-uniform. Our two constructions share a common parametrization in terms of finite configurations of distinct rational directions on the projective line P1(Q)\mathbb{P}^1(\mathbb{Q})P1(Q). First, using a cubic number field, we construct explicit Kronecker sequences for which the mesh ratios of all two-dimensional coordinate projections remain uniformly bounded over every initial segment of length N≥2N\ge 2N≥2. Second, using a real quadratic field, a split prime, and a compatible ppp-adic embedding, we construct nested rank-1 lattice designs with the same uniform projection property at every nesting level. The proofs combine algebraic norm estimates with transference principles between simultaneous and dual Diophantine approximation, yielding lower bounds for the separation radii and upper bounds for the covering radii, both of optimal order in the number of points, uniformly over all coordinate pairs. We also investigate how the choice of rational projective coefficients affects the resulting mesh ratios. This leads to a minimax problem for finite configurations on P1(Q)\mathbb{P}^1(\mathbb{Q})P1(Q), in which one seeks to minimize the maximum mesh ratio over all two-dimensional coordinate projections. These constructions provide extensible point sets with uniformly controlled bivariate geometry.

Number TheoryNumerical AnalysisMethodology