Mertens bound from a log-integrable Chebyshev error

ID: mertens-bound-from-a-log-integrable-chebyshev-error

Suppose and . The Möbius divisor-sum identity gives . The exact Dirichlet convolution identity then gives , because its error is a convergent dyadic harmonic sum. Since , the displayed Mertens function bound follows. The classical Prime number theorem error meets the summability condition. This is a deduction from the Chebyshev error itself, without a separate estimate for the reciprocal zeta function.

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