The irrationality of a prime factor series under a prime tuples conjecture
Number Theory
2024-09-24 v1
Abstract
Let denote the number of distinct prime factors of . Assuming a suitably uniform version of the prime -tuples conjecture, we show that the number \begin{align*} \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\omega(n)}{2^n} \end{align*} is irrational. This settles (conditionally) a question of Erd\H{o}s.
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@article{arxiv.2409.15185,
title = {The irrationality of a prime factor series under a prime tuples conjecture},
author = {Kyle Pratt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.15185},
year = {2024}
}
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