On the lower bound for the $L^1$ norm of Liouville exponential sums. I

Let $λ$ be the Liouville function. We prove Let $λ$ be the Liouville function. We prove \[ \mathcal{I}_λ(X)=\int_{\mathbb{T}}\left|\sum_{1\leqslant n\leqslant X}λ\left(n\right)\mathrm{e}\left(nα\right)\right| \mathrm{d}α \gg X^{\frac{1}{4}}. \] This removes the $X^\varepsilon$ loss in the previous result of Pandey and Radziwiłł~\cite{PandeyRadziwill2026}. In the second paper in this series, we will prove that \[ \limsup_{X \to \infty} \frac{\log \mathcal{I}_λ(X)} {\log X} \geqslant\frac{1}{3}. \]

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arXiv (Cornell University)
Published
2026-11-02
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2611.03589
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Analytic Number Theory Research
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On the lower bound for the $L^1$ norm of Liouville exponential sums. I

Jiangpeng Li, Yu-Chen Sun, Hui Wang
arXiv (Cornell University)
Analytic Number Theory Research
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On the lower bound for the $L^1$ norm of Liouville exponential sums. I

Jiangpeng Li, Yu-Chen Sun, Hui Wang
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Abstract

Let $λ$ be the Liouville function. We prove Let $λ$ be the Liouville function. We prove \[ \mathcal{I}_λ(X)=\int_{\mathbb{T}}\left|\sum_{1\leqslant n\leqslant X}λ\left(n\right)\mathrm{e}\left(nα\right)\right| \mathrm{d}α \gg X^{\frac{1}{4}}. \] This removes the $X^\varepsilon$ loss in the previous result of Pandey and Radziwiłł~\cite{PandeyRadziwill2026}. In the second paper in this series, we will prove that \[ \limsup_{X \to \infty} \frac{\log \mathcal{I}_λ(X)} {\log X} \geqslant\frac{1}{3}. \]

arXiv (Cornell University)
Analytic Number Theory Research
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