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Prime-Residue-Class of Uniform Charges on the Integers

Probability 2018-09-20 v1

Abstract

There is a probability charge on the power set of the integers that gives probability 1/p1/p to every residue class modulo a prime pp. There exists such a charge that gives probability ww to the set of prime numbers iff w[0,1/2]w \in [0,1/2]. Similarly, there is such a charge that gives probability xx to a residue class modulo cc, where cc is composite, iff x[0,1/y]x \in [0,1/y], where yy is the largest prime factor of cc.

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@article{arxiv.1809.07244,
  title  = {Prime-Residue-Class of Uniform Charges on the Integers},
  author = {Michael Spece and Joseph B. Kadane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.07244},
  year   = {2018}
}