[I71, Theorem 4] #
With L = log y, z = y^{1/s}, ξ = ξ(y), cR the constant of R_asymp, there is c₇ with
fail lower r y z ≤ cR (M(s)/L + c₇ r/(r+1) δ(s, y) G(s)/L²)
for all r, y > 1, sMin lower ≤ s ≤ ξ(y).
The proof is by induction on r (for both sieves at once), as in [I71, pp. 23–25]:
- small
y(y < y₀): the crude boundfail ≤ exp (SLT y₀)([I71, (4.8)]); r + 2 > 2 L / log L: the recursion has stabilised,fail (r+1) = fail r;- otherwise split the prime sum at
w = y^{1/ξ}(fail_succ_le_split). Forp ≥ wthe inner level(y/p, t_p - 1)is in range (inner_le_xi), and the induction hypothesis, Corollary 1 and Corollary 3 give the main term andr/(r+1)times the error term; the primesp < warefail (r+1) y w, bounded crudely. The losses are absorbed by(r+1)/(r+2) - r/(r+1) ≥ (r+1)/(r+2) · (log L)²/(4L²), as in [I71, (4.6)].
Compared with [I71] we split at y^{1/ξ} instead of y^{1/(ξ-1)} (then t_p - 1 ≤ ξ(y/p)
holds exactly), use SLT(w) ≤ log log w + C in the crude bound, and the upper-sieve source term
∑_{y^{1/3} ≤ p < z} R(p)/p = R(y^{1/3}) - R(z) replaces [I71, Lemmas 14, 16].
Theorem 4 at depth r with constants cR, c₇.
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Instances For
The large primes: induction hypothesis, Corollaries 1 and 3 #
The induction hypothesis at the inner level (y/p, t_p - 1), divided by p.
Corollary 1 for the large primes: the main terms of the inner levels add up to M(s)/L
(minus the source part (3 - s)⁺/L of the upper sieve), up to O(s² G(s) pntE(w)/L).
Corollary 1 and the source estimate together give the full main term: the source
restores the upper-sieve correction (3 - s)⁺ subtracted from the prime sum.
[I71, (4.8)]: for 1 < y ≤ Y the claim at depth r + 1 holds once c₇ is large in terms
of Y.
The small primes: the crude bound against Lemma 9 #
[I71, (4.9), (4.10)]: for y ≥ y₁ the depth sums at w = y^{1/ξ} are at most
δ(s, y) G(s) / L⁴ for every s ≤ ξ.
The inductive step #
The final bookkeeping of the inductive step ([I71, (4.6)]).
The main case of the inductive step: y large and r + 2 ≤ 2 L / log L. All analytic
inputs are hypotheses at the given y, s.
[I71, Theorem 4] (main terms), for k = 1: if cR, CR are as in R_asymp
(|R(z) log z - cR| ≤ CR pntE(z) for z ≥ 2), there is c₇ ≥ 0 such that for all r, both
sieves, y > 1 and sMin lower ≤ s ≤ ξ(y),
fail lower r y (y^{1/s}) ≤ cR (M(s)/L + c₇ r/(r+1) δ(s, y) G(s)/L²),
where M = mainMaj lower (f, resp. F + (3 - s)⁺), G = errMaj lower (𝔣, resp. 𝔉),
L = log y.