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Euler's summation by parts formula

I'm beginning analytic number theory and I see this formula in Apostol's book : If $f$ has a continuous derivative $f'$ on the interval $[y,x]$, where $0 < y < x$, then $$ \sum_{y < n \le x} ...
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Confusion about definition Petersson product

I'm taking a course on modular forms, but my background in analysis is not that strong (I have taken complex analysis and measure theory before however). Therefore I'm a bit confused about the ...
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How to interpret this sum in Tate's thesis?

Let $f$ be a Schwartz function on the ring of adeles $\mathbb{A}$ of a number field $K$, and $d^\times x$ the multiplicative Haar measure on $\mathbb{A}^\times$. One can embed $K^\times$ diagonally in ...
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When does the measure integral of the form $\int_{\log(S)} f \,d \mu$ exist?

When does the measure integral of the form $\int_{\log(S)} f \,d \mu$ exist? Here $\mu$ can be any measure (Lebesgue, Borel, Haar etc), $f$ is a measurable function, $S$ is any measurable set with ...
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Exchanging the order of integration without Fubini-Tonnelli in an integral related to Waring's problem

My question relates to the evaluation of the singular integral for Waring's problem, following pp. 460 of Iwaniec and Kowalski's "Analytic Number Theory". Background: There, we are ...
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Measure $\mu$ is 0.

I am reading the paper of Balazard ,Saias and Yor. Let, $$f(z)=(s-1)\zeta(s) $$ where $s=\frac{1}{1-z}$ and $\zeta(s)$ denotes the Riemann zeta function. Denote by $$\exp\left[\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{e^...
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Convergence of an integral over the primes

Does the following integral converge? If so, is it nonzero? What can we say about the integral as $x\to \infty?$ $$\int_{I} \frac{u-u\log{p_u}}{(p_u)^2}du$$ where $I= \{p \leq x | p\text{ prime}\}$ ...
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Counterexamples showing natural density is not a measure

Natural density $d$ measures how large a subset of natural numbers is, as defined here. There are some examples showing natural density is not countably summable. For instance, $$ 0=\sum_{k=0}^\...
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What's a "Basis of Measurable Sets?"

As defined here http://modular.math.washington.edu/129/ant/html/node82.html Using the notation in the link, one takes sets of the form $\prod\limits_{\lambda} M_{\lambda}$, where each $M_{\lambda}$ ...
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Finite measure on positive integers

Disclaimer: I am sure that this idea is not at all new, but I have had trouble locating content directly related. I humbly accept that this question may be the result of a brain fart. Suppose that ...
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Notation in Terry Tao's exposition on the PNT

The exposition I'm talking about can be found here (page 6): http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/preprints/Expository/prime.dvi Essentialy, Tao proves the prime number theorem in the elementary way, ...