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Manuscript, code and data for the second part of "Sums of two squares with few prime factors", version 1.0 (October 2026). Part I is doi:10.5281/zenodo.23826176. Contents. (1) A mean-square theorem for the Fourier coefficients of a cusp form of level L, Σn≤Y |a(n)|² ≤ 4πe² Y (1 + 54Y/L) ‖G‖², proved by a covering argument; with the norm bound of Part I it gives the level of distribution 1 − ε for r(n) r(N − n) for almost all N ≡ 2 (mod 4), hence Ω(n(N − n)) ≤ 5 and max(Ω(n), Ω(N − n)) ≤ 4 for almost all N. (2) The size of the Petersson norm of the cuspidal part Gm,m′ of θ²(mz)θ²(m′z): ‖Gm,m′‖ = ‖G1,mm′‖, the two-sided bound (1/π)(log mm′)² ≤ ‖G‖² ≪ (log mm′)² (log log mm′)^C, and the asymptotic formula ‖Gm,m′‖² = (1/π) Σδ|mm′, δ²<mm′ δ⁻¹ (log(mm′/δ²))² + O(log mm′ (log log mm′)^C) for square-free mm′, obtained from the Parseval sums over all cusps at the heights 1 and √3/2. (3) An explicit Rankin–Selberg formula, ⟨Θ1,n, φ⟩ = (4/π²) χ₋₄(n) η_n(φ) L(1,φ) L(1,φ⊗χ₋₄) for newforms φ of level 4n and the corresponding formula for oldforms, with no further local factors; the second moment of L(1,f)L(1,f⊗χ₋₄) over the newforms of levels p, 2p, 4p is (π³/16)(log p)² + O(log p); every newform of level 4n (n odd) has Atkin–Lehner eigenvalue η_4 = −1, so that for χ₋₄(n) = −1 the form G1,n has no newform component and L(1,φ)L(1,φ⊗χ₋₄) = 0 for all newforms of level 4n. (4) The two-dimensional sieve of Diamond–Halberstam–Richert applied to n(N − n): Ω(n(N − n)) ≤ 7 and max(Ω(n), Ω(N − n)) ≤ 5 for every large N ≡ 2 (mod 4), with the sieve functions certified in interval arithmetic from the Booker–Browning constants; the remainder at the modulus d is the coefficient of the projection of the cusp form onto the joint (+1)-eigenspace of the Atkin–Lehner involutions W_p, p | d; the dimension of the weighted problem and mollified weights; an LP showing Richert's linear weight optimal. (5) The remainder sum beyond the level 1/2 written exactly as a trilinear form in classical Kloosterman sums S(16N, m|h|², m′k), with numerical evidence of square-root cancellation. The archive contains the manuscript (paper/two_squares_mean_square.pdf, 47 pages), the LaTeX source, the working notes (notes/), the Python scripts (certification with directed rounding, exact Siegel main terms, Rankin–Selberg tests, sieve-function solvers, numerical scans) and their outputs.
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