Selberg sieve denominator asymptotic 2026-10-14
Put . As a Dirichlet convolution, , where is a multiplicative arithmetic function with , , and for . The local sums are one, so . The series converges, since the prime-local errors are . Consequently by the harmonic number estimate . This identifies the leading constant in the one-dimensional Selberg upper-bound sieve.
Tail diameter of a sequence 2026-10-14
The tail diameter of a sequence in a metric space is , allowing . The bounds are nonincreasing as grows because fewer pairs remain. A sequence is a Cauchy sequence exactly when . The supremum need not be attained: for , even though no two finite terms achieve that difference. For , for every . For the harmonic numbers, for every , because each remaining tail is unbounded.