Fractional part distribution
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It is known that the distribution of ${sqrt{n} }$, evaluated over the integer values of $n$, is uniform in the interval $[0,1)$. Let us consider the sum $$S(K)=sum_{n=1}^K left({sqrt{n}}-frac{1}{2} right) sqrt{n}$$ I noted that the average value of $sum_{K=1}^N S(K)$, calculated over all integers $N$ and for $N rightarrow infty$, converges to $1/4$. I suppose that this asymmetric distribution of $S(K)$ with respect to zero dipends on some properties of the distribution of $sqrt{n} mod 1$, but would be happy to better understand it by a formal proof.
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It is known that the distribution of ${sqrt{n} }$, evaluated over the integer values of $n$, is uniform in the interval $[0,1)$. Let us consider the sum $$S(K)=sum_{n=1}^K left({sqrt{n}}-frac{1}{2} right) sqrt{n}$$ I noted that the average value of $sum_{K=1}^N S(K)$, calculated over all integers $N$ and for $N rightarrow infty$, converges to $1/4$. I suppose that this asymmetric distribution of $S(K)$ with respect to zero dipends on some properties of the distribution of $sqrt{n} mod 1$, but would be happy to better understand it by a formal proof.
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It is known that the distribution of ${sqrt{n} }$, evaluated over the integer values of $n$, is uniform in the interval $[0,1)$. Let us consider the sum $$S(K)=sum_{n=1}^K left({sqrt{n}}-frac{1}{2} right) sqrt{n}$$ I noted that the average value of $sum_{K=1}^N S(K)$, calculated over all integers $N$ and for $N rightarrow infty$, converges to $1/4$. I suppose that this asymmetric distribution of $S(K)$ with respect to zero dipends on some properties of the distribution of $sqrt{n} mod 1$, but would be happy to better understand it by a formal proof.
number-theory summation fractional-part
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It is known that the distribution of ${sqrt{n} }$, evaluated over the integer values of $n$, is uniform in the interval $[0,1)$. Let us consider the sum $$S(K)=sum_{n=1}^K left({sqrt{n}}-frac{1}{2} right) sqrt{n}$$ I noted that the average value of $sum_{K=1}^N S(K)$, calculated over all integers $N$ and for $N rightarrow infty$, converges to $1/4$. I suppose that this asymmetric distribution of $S(K)$ with respect to zero dipends on some properties of the distribution of $sqrt{n} mod 1$, but would be happy to better understand it by a formal proof.
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Intuitively, we can consider the range of $n$ from $k^2$ to $(k+1)^2-1=k^2+2k$. Over this range $lfloor sqrt n rfloor=k,$ so ${sqrt n}=sqrt n-k$. As $(k=frac 12)^2=k^2+k+frac 14$ the terms from $k^2$ through $k^2+k$ have ${sqrt n}-frac 12lt 0$ and all the terms from $k^2+k+1$ through $k^2+2k$ have ${sqrt n}-frac 12gt 0$. The positive ones get to multiply the larger $sqrt n$'s. On the other hand, there is one less positive term.
Here is a failed attempt: We can write your sum with the limit of $K to infty$ as
$$S=sum_{n=1}^infty left({sqrt{n}}-frac{1}{2} right) sqrt{n}
=sum_{m=1}^inftysum_{n=1}^{2m}left(sqrt{m^2+n}-m-frac 12right)sqrt{m^2+n}$$
where we have broken the sum into pieces with each integer part of the square root. Designating each term in the outer sum as $S_m$ we have
$$S_m=sum_{n=0}^{2m}left(sqrt{m^2+n}-m-frac 12right)sqrt{m^2+n}\
=sum_{n=0}^{2m}(m^2+n)-(m+frac 12)sqrt{m^2+n}\
=2m^3+frac 12(2m)(2m+1)-sum_{n=0}^{2m}(m+frac 12)sqrt{m^2+n}$$
I tried turning the sum into an integral, but it is not accurate enough.
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Intuitively, we can consider the range of $n$ from $k^2$ to $(k+1)^2-1=k^2+2k$. Over this range $lfloor sqrt n rfloor=k,$ so ${sqrt n}=sqrt n-k$. As $(k=frac 12)^2=k^2+k+frac 14$ the terms from $k^2$ through $k^2+k$ have ${sqrt n}-frac 12lt 0$ and all the terms from $k^2+k+1$ through $k^2+2k$ have ${sqrt n}-frac 12gt 0$. The positive ones get to multiply the larger $sqrt n$'s. On the other hand, there is one less positive term.
Here is a failed attempt: We can write your sum with the limit of $K to infty$ as
$$S=sum_{n=1}^infty left({sqrt{n}}-frac{1}{2} right) sqrt{n}
=sum_{m=1}^inftysum_{n=1}^{2m}left(sqrt{m^2+n}-m-frac 12right)sqrt{m^2+n}$$
where we have broken the sum into pieces with each integer part of the square root. Designating each term in the outer sum as $S_m$ we have
$$S_m=sum_{n=0}^{2m}left(sqrt{m^2+n}-m-frac 12right)sqrt{m^2+n}\
=sum_{n=0}^{2m}(m^2+n)-(m+frac 12)sqrt{m^2+n}\
=2m^3+frac 12(2m)(2m+1)-sum_{n=0}^{2m}(m+frac 12)sqrt{m^2+n}$$
I tried turning the sum into an integral, but it is not accurate enough.
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Intuitively, we can consider the range of $n$ from $k^2$ to $(k+1)^2-1=k^2+2k$. Over this range $lfloor sqrt n rfloor=k,$ so ${sqrt n}=sqrt n-k$. As $(k=frac 12)^2=k^2+k+frac 14$ the terms from $k^2$ through $k^2+k$ have ${sqrt n}-frac 12lt 0$ and all the terms from $k^2+k+1$ through $k^2+2k$ have ${sqrt n}-frac 12gt 0$. The positive ones get to multiply the larger $sqrt n$'s. On the other hand, there is one less positive term.
Here is a failed attempt: We can write your sum with the limit of $K to infty$ as
$$S=sum_{n=1}^infty left({sqrt{n}}-frac{1}{2} right) sqrt{n}
=sum_{m=1}^inftysum_{n=1}^{2m}left(sqrt{m^2+n}-m-frac 12right)sqrt{m^2+n}$$
where we have broken the sum into pieces with each integer part of the square root. Designating each term in the outer sum as $S_m$ we have
$$S_m=sum_{n=0}^{2m}left(sqrt{m^2+n}-m-frac 12right)sqrt{m^2+n}\
=sum_{n=0}^{2m}(m^2+n)-(m+frac 12)sqrt{m^2+n}\
=2m^3+frac 12(2m)(2m+1)-sum_{n=0}^{2m}(m+frac 12)sqrt{m^2+n}$$
I tried turning the sum into an integral, but it is not accurate enough.
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Intuitively, we can consider the range of $n$ from $k^2$ to $(k+1)^2-1=k^2+2k$. Over this range $lfloor sqrt n rfloor=k,$ so ${sqrt n}=sqrt n-k$. As $(k=frac 12)^2=k^2+k+frac 14$ the terms from $k^2$ through $k^2+k$ have ${sqrt n}-frac 12lt 0$ and all the terms from $k^2+k+1$ through $k^2+2k$ have ${sqrt n}-frac 12gt 0$. The positive ones get to multiply the larger $sqrt n$'s. On the other hand, there is one less positive term.
Here is a failed attempt: We can write your sum with the limit of $K to infty$ as
$$S=sum_{n=1}^infty left({sqrt{n}}-frac{1}{2} right) sqrt{n}
=sum_{m=1}^inftysum_{n=1}^{2m}left(sqrt{m^2+n}-m-frac 12right)sqrt{m^2+n}$$
where we have broken the sum into pieces with each integer part of the square root. Designating each term in the outer sum as $S_m$ we have
$$S_m=sum_{n=0}^{2m}left(sqrt{m^2+n}-m-frac 12right)sqrt{m^2+n}\
=sum_{n=0}^{2m}(m^2+n)-(m+frac 12)sqrt{m^2+n}\
=2m^3+frac 12(2m)(2m+1)-sum_{n=0}^{2m}(m+frac 12)sqrt{m^2+n}$$
I tried turning the sum into an integral, but it is not accurate enough.
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Intuitively, we can consider the range of $n$ from $k^2$ to $(k+1)^2-1=k^2+2k$. Over this range $lfloor sqrt n rfloor=k,$ so ${sqrt n}=sqrt n-k$. As $(k=frac 12)^2=k^2+k+frac 14$ the terms from $k^2$ through $k^2+k$ have ${sqrt n}-frac 12lt 0$ and all the terms from $k^2+k+1$ through $k^2+2k$ have ${sqrt n}-frac 12gt 0$. The positive ones get to multiply the larger $sqrt n$'s. On the other hand, there is one less positive term.
Here is a failed attempt: We can write your sum with the limit of $K to infty$ as
$$S=sum_{n=1}^infty left({sqrt{n}}-frac{1}{2} right) sqrt{n}
=sum_{m=1}^inftysum_{n=1}^{2m}left(sqrt{m^2+n}-m-frac 12right)sqrt{m^2+n}$$
where we have broken the sum into pieces with each integer part of the square root. Designating each term in the outer sum as $S_m$ we have
$$S_m=sum_{n=0}^{2m}left(sqrt{m^2+n}-m-frac 12right)sqrt{m^2+n}\
=sum_{n=0}^{2m}(m^2+n)-(m+frac 12)sqrt{m^2+n}\
=2m^3+frac 12(2m)(2m+1)-sum_{n=0}^{2m}(m+frac 12)sqrt{m^2+n}$$
I tried turning the sum into an integral, but it is not accurate enough.
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