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Vaughan identity
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2026-09-28
For thresholds
U
,
V
, write
μ
≤
U
(
d
)
=
μ
(
d
)
1
d
≤
U
and similarly for the other
truncations
.
Vaughan's identity
is
Λ
=
Λ
≤
V
+
μ
≤
U
∗
lo
g
−
μ
≤
U
∗
Λ
≤
V
∗
1
+
μ
>
U
∗
Λ
>
V
∗
1.
(1)
It decomposes
a
sum
weighted by
Λ
into short, Type
I
, and Type II
bilinear sums
.
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