Hidden structure in the randomness of the prime number sequence?
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v2 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Number Theory
Abstract
We report a rigorous theory to show the origin of the unexpected periodic behavior seen in the consecutive differences between prime numbers. We also check numerically our findings to ensure that they hold for finite sequences of primes, that would eventually appear in applications. Finally, our theory allows us to link with three different but important topics: the Hardy-Littlewood conjecture, the statistical mechanics of spin systems, and the celebrated Sierpinski fractal.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0310148,
title = {Hidden structure in the randomness of the prime number sequence?},
author = {Saul Ares and Mario Castro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0310148},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
13 pages, 5 figures. New section establishing connection with the Hardy-Littlewood theory. Published in the journal where the solved problem was first described