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Joint distributions of error terms for primes in arithmetic progressions modulo 11

Number Theory 2025-10-08 v1

Abstract

We provide a formula for the logarithmic density of the set of positive real numbers on which two prime counting functions ψ(x;q,a)\psi(x;q,a) and ψ(x;q,b)\psi(x;q,b) are simultaneously larger than their asymptotic main terms, as well as a method for calculating the numerical values of such densities with rigorously bounded errors. We apply these formulas to the pairwise races in the case q=11q=11, determining which pairs of residues aa and bb are more or less correlated in this way. The outcomes when q=11q=11 provide a deeper mathematical illumination of the "mirror image" and "cyclic ordering" phenomena observed by Bays and Hudson.

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@article{arxiv.2510.05427,
  title  = {Joint distributions of error terms for primes in arithmetic progressions modulo 11},
  author = {Kübra Benli and Greg Martin and Paul Péringuey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.05427},
  year   = {2025}
}

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24 pages

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