Finite real-cutoff carriers for Northcott functions #
This file packages the finite carrier selected by a real cutoff for a natural-valued Northcott function, together with generic summatory functions over that carrier. The carrier depends only on the integer part of the cutoff, and for a nonnegative cutoff it agrees with the one selected by its natural floor.
The finite carriers exhaust the index type as the cutoff grows: every finite set of indices
is eventually contained in normLE N x.
A nonnegative real cutoff and its floor select the same indices; this is the promised
conversion between the real and the natural cutoff conventions. Nonnegativity is needed: for
x < 0 the floor is 0, which still admits an index of N-value 0.
Generic summatory functions #
The inclusive summatory function of a weight w: the sum of w over all indices of
N-value at most x.
Equations
- TauCeti.summatory N w x = ∑ i ∈ TauCeti.normLE N x, w i
Instances For
For a nonnegative cutoff, a summatory function has the same value at the cutoff and at its natural floor.
Between two cutoffs a ≤ b, the difference of the values of a summatory function is the total
weight of the indices of N-value in (a, b].
A summatory function is continuous from the right: it is constant on each interval
[n, n + 1) with n an integer, because the cutoff is inclusive.
Changing a weight on a finite set of indices changes the summatory function, for all large cutoffs, by the constant total discrepancy over that set.
A weight vanishing outside a finite set has eventually constant summatory function, equal to its total sum.