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The theory of mesoscopic fluctuations is applied to inhomogeneous solids consisting of chaotically distributed regions with different crystalline structure. This approach makes it possible to describe statistical properties of such mixture…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 V. I. Yukalov

The prime numbers look like a randomly chosen sequence of natural numbers, but there is still no strict theory to determine 'Randomness'. In these years, cryptography has developed a battery of statistical tests for randomness. In this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-02-19 Wang Liang , Huang Yan

Research on the distribution of prime numbers has revealed a dual character: deterministic in definition yet exhibiting statistical behavior reminiscent of random processes. In this paper we show that it is possible to use an image-focused…

The probability of finding a prime multiplet, i.e., a sequence of primes $p$ and $p+a_i$, $i=1... m$, being all primes where $p$ is some prime less than the integer $n$ is naively $1/log(n)^{m+1}$. It is shown that, in reality, it is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Doron Gepner

We study the properties of certain graphs involving the sums of primes. Their structure largely turns out to relate to the distribution of prime gaps and can be roughly seen in Cram\'er's model as well. We also discuss generalizations to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-05 Anupam Datta , Nir Elber , Raymond Feng , David Lowry-Duda , Henry Xie

The difference between two consecutive prime numbers is called the distance between the primes. We study the statistical properties of the distances and their increments (the difference between two consecutive distances) for a sequence…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Pradeep Kumar , Plamen Ch. Ivanov , H. Eugene Stanley

Logarithmic gaps have been used in order to find a periodic component of the sequence of prime numbers, hidden by a random noise (stochastic or chaotic). The recovered period for the sequence of the first 10000 prime numbers is equal to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-05-10 A. Bershadskii

This article presents a modern deterministic framework for the study of leading significant digit distributions in numerical data. Rather than relying on traditional probabilistic or mixture-based explanations, we demonstrate that the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-08-20 Vladimir Berman

We bring to bear an empirical model of the distribution of twin primes and produce two distinct results. The first is that we can make a quantitative probabilistic prediction of the occurrence of gaps in the sequence of twins within the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-09-07 P. F. Kelly , Terry Pilling

We adopt an empirical approach to the characterization of the distribution of twin primes within the set of primes, rather than in the set of all natural numbers. The occurrences of twin primes in any finite sequence of primes are like…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 P. F. Kelly , Terry Pilling

In this paper based on a sort of linear function, a deterministic and simple algorithm with an algebraic structure is presented for calculating all (and only) $k$-almost primes ($where$ $\exists n\in {\rm N} $, $1{\le} k {\le}n$) in certain…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2014-12-30 Ramin Zahedi

The distribution of prime constellations, such as Twin Primes ($p, p+2$), is traditionally analyzed via probabilistic models or analytic sieve theory. While heuristic predictions are accurate, rigorous proofs are obstructed by the "Parity…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Alexander Caicedo , Julio C. Ramos-Fernández

Let $q>r\ge1$ be coprime integers. Let ${\mathbb P}_c={\mathbb P}_c(q,r,{\cal H})$ be an increasing sequence of primes $p$ satisfying two conditions: (i) $p\equiv r$ (mod $q$) and (ii) $p$ starts a prime $k$-tuple with a given pattern…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-11-24 Alexei Kourbatov , Marek Wolf

We estimate from below the lower density of the set of prime numbers p such that p-1 has a prime factor of size at least p^c, where c lies in between 1/4 and 1/2. We also establish upper and lower bounds on the counting function of the set…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-13 Florian Luca , Ricardo Menares , Amalia Pizarro-Madariaga

We study, from the viewpoint of metrical number theory and (infinite) ergodic theory, the probabilistic laws governing the occurrence of prime numbers as digits in continued fraction expansions of real numbers.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-09-29 Tanja I. Schindler , Roland Zweimüller

For $a \neq 1$ and $p$ prime, we define numbers of the form $pa^2$ to be Square-Prime (SP) Numbers. For example, 75 = 3 $\cdot$ 25; 108 = 3 $\cdot$ 36; 45 = 5 $\cdot$ 9. These numbers are listed in the OEIS as A228056. We study the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Raghavendra N. Bhat

The frequency of occurrence of prime numbers at unit number spacing intervals exhibits selfsimilar fractal fluctuations concomitant with inverse power law form for power spectrum generic to dynamical systems in nature such as fluid flows,…

General Physics · Physics 2008-11-13 A. M. Selvam

Let $p_n$ be $n$th prime, and let $(S_n)_{n=1}^\infty:=(S_n)$ be the sequence of the sums of the first $2n$ consecutive primes, that is, $S_n=\sum_{k=1}^{2n}p_k$ with $n=1,2,\ldots$. Heuristic arguments supported by the corresponding…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-13 Romeo Meštrović

Evidence of an algebraic/analytic structure of the Riemann Spectrum, consisting of the imaginary parts of the corresponding zeros, is reviewed, with emphasis on the distribution of the image of the primes under the Cramer characters…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-25 Lucian M. Ionescu

The core-core structure factor of dense star polymer solutions in a good solvent is shown theoretically to exhibit an unusual behaviour above the overlap concentration. Unlike usual liquids, these solutions display a structure factor whose…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Watzlawek , H. Loewen , C. N. Likos