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Selberg sieve denominator asymptotic (G(z)=∑n≤z​μ(n)2/φ(n)=logz+O(1))

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Put g(n)=μ(n)2/φ(n). As a Dirichlet convolution, g=h∗(n↦1/n), where h is a multiplicative arithmetic function with h(p)=1/(p(p−1)), h(p2)=−1/(p(p−1)), and h(pj)=0 for j≥3. The local sums are one, so ∑n​h(n)=1. The series ∑n​∣h(n)∣log(2n) converges, since the prime-local errors are O((logp)/p2). Consequently G(z)=∑d≤z​h(d)H⌊z/d⌋​=logz+O(1) by the harmonic number estimate Hm​=logm+O(1). This identifies the leading constant in the one-dimensional Selberg upper-bound sieve.

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