Does this series converge to a rational multiple of $pi^2$?












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If we define the sum



$$S_2=sum_{n_2=1}^inftyfrac{1}{(n_2)^2} $$



in which $n_2$ are products of an even number of prime factors, together with 1, so $n_2=1,4,6,...,15,16,21,22,...,24,$ etc., the sum seems to be a rational multiple of $pi^2$. Of course it converges by comparison to $zeta(2).$



The first $k=9,997,745$ of these (including 1) sum to approximately $frac{7pi^2}{60}$ and the ratio $S_k/(7pi^2/60)=0.999999978...$ (there are 7 nines in this decimal).



My unscientific test is that if Mathematica rounds to one it bears a second look. In this case I looked at various proofs of the Basel problem and connections with 2-primes $pq$ to see if there was a way of showing this.




Is this already known to be true? If not, can someone show it? Also any comments on the likelihood of the relation given the approximation are welcome. How much numerical similarity is enough to guess in this way?




I am still working on this, and if I find a proof or a reference I will post it.






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    A side note: $1 + zeta(2) P(2) = sum_{n=1}^{infty} frac{omega(n)}{n^2}$, where $omega(n)$ is the number of distinct prime divisors of $n$ and $P$ is the prime zeta function. Although you are interested in $sum_{n = 2|omega(n)}^{infty}frac{1}{n^2}$ I wonder if you can utilise some kind of mobius inversion or if you would just go in circles?
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If we define the sum



$$S_2=sum_{n_2=1}^inftyfrac{1}{(n_2)^2} $$



in which $n_2$ are products of an even number of prime factors, together with 1, so $n_2=1,4,6,...,15,16,21,22,...,24,$ etc., the sum seems to be a rational multiple of $pi^2$. Of course it converges by comparison to $zeta(2).$



The first $k=9,997,745$ of these (including 1) sum to approximately $frac{7pi^2}{60}$ and the ratio $S_k/(7pi^2/60)=0.999999978...$ (there are 7 nines in this decimal).



My unscientific test is that if Mathematica rounds to one it bears a second look. In this case I looked at various proofs of the Basel problem and connections with 2-primes $pq$ to see if there was a way of showing this.




Is this already known to be true? If not, can someone show it? Also any comments on the likelihood of the relation given the approximation are welcome. How much numerical similarity is enough to guess in this way?




I am still working on this, and if I find a proof or a reference I will post it.






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    A side note: $1 + zeta(2) P(2) = sum_{n=1}^{infty} frac{omega(n)}{n^2}$, where $omega(n)$ is the number of distinct prime divisors of $n$ and $P$ is the prime zeta function. Although you are interested in $sum_{n = 2|omega(n)}^{infty}frac{1}{n^2}$ I wonder if you can utilise some kind of mobius inversion or if you would just go in circles?
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If we define the sum



$$S_2=sum_{n_2=1}^inftyfrac{1}{(n_2)^2} $$



in which $n_2$ are products of an even number of prime factors, together with 1, so $n_2=1,4,6,...,15,16,21,22,...,24,$ etc., the sum seems to be a rational multiple of $pi^2$. Of course it converges by comparison to $zeta(2).$



The first $k=9,997,745$ of these (including 1) sum to approximately $frac{7pi^2}{60}$ and the ratio $S_k/(7pi^2/60)=0.999999978...$ (there are 7 nines in this decimal).



My unscientific test is that if Mathematica rounds to one it bears a second look. In this case I looked at various proofs of the Basel problem and connections with 2-primes $pq$ to see if there was a way of showing this.




Is this already known to be true? If not, can someone show it? Also any comments on the likelihood of the relation given the approximation are welcome. How much numerical similarity is enough to guess in this way?




I am still working on this, and if I find a proof or a reference I will post it.






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If we define the sum



$$S_2=sum_{n_2=1}^inftyfrac{1}{(n_2)^2} $$



in which $n_2$ are products of an even number of prime factors, together with 1, so $n_2=1,4,6,...,15,16,21,22,...,24,$ etc., the sum seems to be a rational multiple of $pi^2$. Of course it converges by comparison to $zeta(2).$



The first $k=9,997,745$ of these (including 1) sum to approximately $frac{7pi^2}{60}$ and the ratio $S_k/(7pi^2/60)=0.999999978...$ (there are 7 nines in this decimal).



My unscientific test is that if Mathematica rounds to one it bears a second look. In this case I looked at various proofs of the Basel problem and connections with 2-primes $pq$ to see if there was a way of showing this.




Is this already known to be true? If not, can someone show it? Also any comments on the likelihood of the relation given the approximation are welcome. How much numerical similarity is enough to guess in this way?




I am still working on this, and if I find a proof or a reference I will post it.






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    A side note: $1 + zeta(2) P(2) = sum_{n=1}^{infty} frac{omega(n)}{n^2}$, where $omega(n)$ is the number of distinct prime divisors of $n$ and $P$ is the prime zeta function. Although you are interested in $sum_{n = 2|omega(n)}^{infty}frac{1}{n^2}$ I wonder if you can utilise some kind of mobius inversion or if you would just go in circles?
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    A side note: $1 + zeta(2) P(2) = sum_{n=1}^{infty} frac{omega(n)}{n^2}$, where $omega(n)$ is the number of distinct prime divisors of $n$ and $P$ is the prime zeta function. Although you are interested in $sum_{n = 2|omega(n)}^{infty}frac{1}{n^2}$ I wonder if you can utilise some kind of mobius inversion or if you would just go in circles?
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A side note: $1 + zeta(2) P(2) = sum_{n=1}^{infty} frac{omega(n)}{n^2}$, where $omega(n)$ is the number of distinct prime divisors of $n$ and $P$ is the prime zeta function. Although you are interested in $sum_{n = 2|omega(n)}^{infty}frac{1}{n^2}$ I wonder if you can utilise some kind of mobius inversion or if you would just go in circles?
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$begingroup$
A side note: $1 + zeta(2) P(2) = sum_{n=1}^{infty} frac{omega(n)}{n^2}$, where $omega(n)$ is the number of distinct prime divisors of $n$ and $P$ is the prime zeta function. Although you are interested in $sum_{n = 2|omega(n)}^{infty}frac{1}{n^2}$ I wonder if you can utilise some kind of mobius inversion or if you would just go in circles?
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Consider the product over all prime numbers
$$P=prod_pleft(1+frac{1}{p^2}right)^{-1}=prod_pleft(1-frac{1}{p^2}+frac{1}{(p^2)^2}+dotsright).$$
If you think about how a term of this series will look like when you multiply it out, you will find that there is a term $1/n^2$ for every $n$ with an even number of prime factors, and a term $-1/n^2$ for every $n$ with an odd number of prime factors. Therefore, we find that $P=2S_2-zeta(2)$. Since we know the value of $zeta(2)$ and want to find the value of $S_2$, it's enough to find the value of $P$.



But observe
$$P=prod_pleft(1+frac{1}{p^2}right)^{-1}=prod_pfrac{(1-1/p^4)^{-1}}{(1-1/p^2)^{-1}}=frac{prod_p(1-1/p^4)^{-1}}{prod_p(1-1/p^2)^{-1}}=frac{zeta(4)}{zeta(2)}=frac{pi^4/90}{pi^2/6}=frac{pi^2}{15}.$$



Comparing this with the above,
$$S_2=frac{P+zeta(2)}{2}=frac{pi^2/15+pi^2/6}{2}=frac{7pi^2}{60}.$$






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$$begin{eqnarray*} sum_{substack{ngeq 1\ omega(n)text{ is even}}}!!!!!!frac{1}{n^2}&=&frac{1}{2}left[zeta(2)+sum_{ngeq 1}frac{(-1)^{omega(n)}}{n^2}right]=frac{pi^2}{12}+frac{1}{2}prod_{p}left(1-frac{1}{p^2}-frac{1}{p^4}-frac{1}{p^6}-ldotsright)\&=&frac{pi^2}{12}+frac{1}{2}prod_{p}frac{p^2-2}{p^2-1}=frac{pi^2}{12}left[1+prod_{p}left(1-frac{2}{p^2}right)right]=zeta(2)C_{text{Feller-Tornier}}end{eqnarray*} $$
where the Feller-Tornier constant (close to $frac{2}{3}$) is related to the probability for two consecutive integers of being both squarefree.






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    Consider the product over all prime numbers
    $$P=prod_pleft(1+frac{1}{p^2}right)^{-1}=prod_pleft(1-frac{1}{p^2}+frac{1}{(p^2)^2}+dotsright).$$
    If you think about how a term of this series will look like when you multiply it out, you will find that there is a term $1/n^2$ for every $n$ with an even number of prime factors, and a term $-1/n^2$ for every $n$ with an odd number of prime factors. Therefore, we find that $P=2S_2-zeta(2)$. Since we know the value of $zeta(2)$ and want to find the value of $S_2$, it's enough to find the value of $P$.



    But observe
    $$P=prod_pleft(1+frac{1}{p^2}right)^{-1}=prod_pfrac{(1-1/p^4)^{-1}}{(1-1/p^2)^{-1}}=frac{prod_p(1-1/p^4)^{-1}}{prod_p(1-1/p^2)^{-1}}=frac{zeta(4)}{zeta(2)}=frac{pi^4/90}{pi^2/6}=frac{pi^2}{15}.$$



    Comparing this with the above,
    $$S_2=frac{P+zeta(2)}{2}=frac{pi^2/15+pi^2/6}{2}=frac{7pi^2}{60}.$$






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    Consider the product over all prime numbers
    $$P=prod_pleft(1+frac{1}{p^2}right)^{-1}=prod_pleft(1-frac{1}{p^2}+frac{1}{(p^2)^2}+dotsright).$$
    If you think about how a term of this series will look like when you multiply it out, you will find that there is a term $1/n^2$ for every $n$ with an even number of prime factors, and a term $-1/n^2$ for every $n$ with an odd number of prime factors. Therefore, we find that $P=2S_2-zeta(2)$. Since we know the value of $zeta(2)$ and want to find the value of $S_2$, it's enough to find the value of $P$.



    But observe
    $$P=prod_pleft(1+frac{1}{p^2}right)^{-1}=prod_pfrac{(1-1/p^4)^{-1}}{(1-1/p^2)^{-1}}=frac{prod_p(1-1/p^4)^{-1}}{prod_p(1-1/p^2)^{-1}}=frac{zeta(4)}{zeta(2)}=frac{pi^4/90}{pi^2/6}=frac{pi^2}{15}.$$



    Comparing this with the above,
    $$S_2=frac{P+zeta(2)}{2}=frac{pi^2/15+pi^2/6}{2}=frac{7pi^2}{60}.$$






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    $begingroup$

    Consider the product over all prime numbers
    $$P=prod_pleft(1+frac{1}{p^2}right)^{-1}=prod_pleft(1-frac{1}{p^2}+frac{1}{(p^2)^2}+dotsright).$$
    If you think about how a term of this series will look like when you multiply it out, you will find that there is a term $1/n^2$ for every $n$ with an even number of prime factors, and a term $-1/n^2$ for every $n$ with an odd number of prime factors. Therefore, we find that $P=2S_2-zeta(2)$. Since we know the value of $zeta(2)$ and want to find the value of $S_2$, it's enough to find the value of $P$.



    But observe
    $$P=prod_pleft(1+frac{1}{p^2}right)^{-1}=prod_pfrac{(1-1/p^4)^{-1}}{(1-1/p^2)^{-1}}=frac{prod_p(1-1/p^4)^{-1}}{prod_p(1-1/p^2)^{-1}}=frac{zeta(4)}{zeta(2)}=frac{pi^4/90}{pi^2/6}=frac{pi^2}{15}.$$



    Comparing this with the above,
    $$S_2=frac{P+zeta(2)}{2}=frac{pi^2/15+pi^2/6}{2}=frac{7pi^2}{60}.$$






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    Consider the product over all prime numbers
    $$P=prod_pleft(1+frac{1}{p^2}right)^{-1}=prod_pleft(1-frac{1}{p^2}+frac{1}{(p^2)^2}+dotsright).$$
    If you think about how a term of this series will look like when you multiply it out, you will find that there is a term $1/n^2$ for every $n$ with an even number of prime factors, and a term $-1/n^2$ for every $n$ with an odd number of prime factors. Therefore, we find that $P=2S_2-zeta(2)$. Since we know the value of $zeta(2)$ and want to find the value of $S_2$, it's enough to find the value of $P$.



    But observe
    $$P=prod_pleft(1+frac{1}{p^2}right)^{-1}=prod_pfrac{(1-1/p^4)^{-1}}{(1-1/p^2)^{-1}}=frac{prod_p(1-1/p^4)^{-1}}{prod_p(1-1/p^2)^{-1}}=frac{zeta(4)}{zeta(2)}=frac{pi^4/90}{pi^2/6}=frac{pi^2}{15}.$$



    Comparing this with the above,
    $$S_2=frac{P+zeta(2)}{2}=frac{pi^2/15+pi^2/6}{2}=frac{7pi^2}{60}.$$







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    About the alternative version,



    $$begin{eqnarray*} sum_{substack{ngeq 1\ omega(n)text{ is even}}}!!!!!!frac{1}{n^2}&=&frac{1}{2}left[zeta(2)+sum_{ngeq 1}frac{(-1)^{omega(n)}}{n^2}right]=frac{pi^2}{12}+frac{1}{2}prod_{p}left(1-frac{1}{p^2}-frac{1}{p^4}-frac{1}{p^6}-ldotsright)\&=&frac{pi^2}{12}+frac{1}{2}prod_{p}frac{p^2-2}{p^2-1}=frac{pi^2}{12}left[1+prod_{p}left(1-frac{2}{p^2}right)right]=zeta(2)C_{text{Feller-Tornier}}end{eqnarray*} $$
    where the Feller-Tornier constant (close to $frac{2}{3}$) is related to the probability for two consecutive integers of being both squarefree.






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      About the alternative version,



      $$begin{eqnarray*} sum_{substack{ngeq 1\ omega(n)text{ is even}}}!!!!!!frac{1}{n^2}&=&frac{1}{2}left[zeta(2)+sum_{ngeq 1}frac{(-1)^{omega(n)}}{n^2}right]=frac{pi^2}{12}+frac{1}{2}prod_{p}left(1-frac{1}{p^2}-frac{1}{p^4}-frac{1}{p^6}-ldotsright)\&=&frac{pi^2}{12}+frac{1}{2}prod_{p}frac{p^2-2}{p^2-1}=frac{pi^2}{12}left[1+prod_{p}left(1-frac{2}{p^2}right)right]=zeta(2)C_{text{Feller-Tornier}}end{eqnarray*} $$
      where the Feller-Tornier constant (close to $frac{2}{3}$) is related to the probability for two consecutive integers of being both squarefree.






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        About the alternative version,



        $$begin{eqnarray*} sum_{substack{ngeq 1\ omega(n)text{ is even}}}!!!!!!frac{1}{n^2}&=&frac{1}{2}left[zeta(2)+sum_{ngeq 1}frac{(-1)^{omega(n)}}{n^2}right]=frac{pi^2}{12}+frac{1}{2}prod_{p}left(1-frac{1}{p^2}-frac{1}{p^4}-frac{1}{p^6}-ldotsright)\&=&frac{pi^2}{12}+frac{1}{2}prod_{p}frac{p^2-2}{p^2-1}=frac{pi^2}{12}left[1+prod_{p}left(1-frac{2}{p^2}right)right]=zeta(2)C_{text{Feller-Tornier}}end{eqnarray*} $$
        where the Feller-Tornier constant (close to $frac{2}{3}$) is related to the probability for two consecutive integers of being both squarefree.






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        $$begin{eqnarray*} sum_{substack{ngeq 1\ omega(n)text{ is even}}}!!!!!!frac{1}{n^2}&=&frac{1}{2}left[zeta(2)+sum_{ngeq 1}frac{(-1)^{omega(n)}}{n^2}right]=frac{pi^2}{12}+frac{1}{2}prod_{p}left(1-frac{1}{p^2}-frac{1}{p^4}-frac{1}{p^6}-ldotsright)\&=&frac{pi^2}{12}+frac{1}{2}prod_{p}frac{p^2-2}{p^2-1}=frac{pi^2}{12}left[1+prod_{p}left(1-frac{2}{p^2}right)right]=zeta(2)C_{text{Feller-Tornier}}end{eqnarray*} $$
        where the Feller-Tornier constant (close to $frac{2}{3}$) is related to the probability for two consecutive integers of being both squarefree.







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