TITLE: Help proving $\sum_{pq \leq x} \log p\log q \frac{\log x}{\log pq} = \sum_{pq \leq x} \log p\log q + O(x)$
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: I'm reading Selberg, A. (1949). An Elementary Proof of the Prime-Number Theorem After deriving his formula: $$\sum_{p \leq x} \log^2 p + \sum_{pq \leq x} \log p \log q = 2x\log x + O(x)$$ The author states that "By partial summation we get from (formula above)" to: $$\sum_{p \leq x} \log p + \sum_{pq \leq x} \frac{\log p \log q}{\log pq} = 2x + O(\frac{x}{\log x})$$ I don't understand how to derive this by partial sums but since I know that: $$\sum_{p \leq x} \log^2 p = \log x \sum_{p \leq x} \log p + O(x)$$ I figure that I need the equation in question $$\sum_{pq \leq x} \log p\log q \frac{\log x}{\log pq} = \sum_{pq \leq x} \log p\log q + O(x)$$ problem being that I am unable to prove this so please help. (Also if unclear note that $p$ and $q$ denote primes being not necessarily different)

REPLY [3 votes]: If we define
\begin{align}
f(n) &= \begin{cases} (\log n)^2 &\text{if } n \text{ is prime}, \\
\quad 0 &\text{otherwise}, \end{cases} \\
g(n) &= \sum_{pq = n} \log p\log q\,,
\end{align}
and $h(n) = f(n) + g(n)$, the formula we start with is
$$H(x) := \sum_{n \leqslant x} h(n) = 2x\log x + O(x)\,. \tag{$\ast$}$$
Using Abel's formula we obtain
\begin{align}
\sum_{p \leqslant x} \log p + \sum_{pq \leqslant x} \frac{\log p\log q}{\log (pq)}
&= \sum_{2 \leqslant n \leqslant x} \frac{h(n)}{\log n} \\
&= \frac{H(x)}{\log x} + \int_2^x \frac{H(t)}{t(\log t)^2}\,dt \\
&= 2x + O\biggl(\frac{x}{\log x}\biggr) + 2\int_2^x \frac{dt}{\log t} + \int_2^x O\biggl(\frac{1}{(\log t)^2}\biggr)\,dt \\
&= 2x + 2\operatorname{Li}(x) + O\biggl(\frac{x}{\log x}\biggr) + O\biggl(\frac{x}{(\log x)^2}\biggr) \\
&= 2x + O\biggl(\frac{x}{\log x}\biggr)\,.
\end{align}
The same technique gives the results for the component parts, but without the prime number theorem we cannot yet explicitly state the asymptotics of each part. Using Chebyshev's result that $\vartheta(x) \in \Theta(x)$ we get
\begin{align}
F(x) &= \sum_{n \leqslant x} f(n) \\
&= \sum_{p \leqslant x} (\log p)\cdot (\log p) \\
&= \vartheta(x)\log x - \int_1^x \frac{\vartheta(t)}{t}\,dt \\
&= \vartheta(x)\log x + \int_1^x O(1)\,dt \\
&= \vartheta(x)\log x + O(x)
\end{align}
and, since $G(x) \in O(x\log x)$ by this and $(\ast)$,
\begin{align}
\sum_{n \leqslant x} \frac{g(n)}{\log n}
&= \frac{G(x)}{\log x} + \int_2^x \frac{G(t)}{t(\log t)^2}\,dt \\
&= \frac{G(x)}{\log x} + O\biggl(\frac{x}{\log x}\biggr)\,,
\end{align}
which is indeed
$$\sum_{pq\leqslant x} \log p\log q\frac{\log x}{\log (pq)} = \sum_{pq \leqslant x} \log p\log q + O(x)\,.$$