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A class of additive arithmetic functions with asymptotically normal distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

P. D. T. A. Elliott
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Department of Mathematics, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
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Let f(n) be a real-valued additive arithmetic function. For each positive rational integer n set

For the duration of this paper we shall assume that as n → ∞ both

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Copyright © University College London 1973

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