The generalized Montgomery-Hooley formula: A survey

Abstract

This memoir is a survey of theorems and inequalities which have grown out of, and extended, the seminal estimate of Montgomery \cite{HM70} \begin{multline*} V(x,Q)=\sum_{q\le Q}\sum_{\substack{a=1\\ (a,q)=1}}^q \left| ψ(x;q,a) - \frac{x}{ϕ(q)} \right|^2 \\ = Qx\log x + \textstyle O\big(Qx\log\frac{2x}{Q}\big) + O\big(x^2(\log x)^{-A}\big)., \end{multline*}