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The prime numbers have been a source of fascination for millenia and continue to surprise us. Motivated by the hyperuniformity concept, which has attracted recent attention in physics and materials science, we show that the prime numbers in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-09-26 S. Torquato , G. Zhang , M. de Courcy-Ireland

Although the prime numbers are deterministic, they can be viewed, by some measures, as pseudo-random numbers. In this article, we numerically study the pair statistics of the primes using statistical-mechanical methods, especially the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-02-15 Ge Zhang , Fausto Martelli , Salvatore Torquato

Prime numbers appeared in contexts spanning statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics and dynamical systems. However, the mechanisms governing the irregularities observed in their sequence and linking them to physical systems remained…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-19 Marzena Ciszak

Let $Q$ be a set of primes with relative density $\delta$. We count integers in $[1,x]$ with prime factors all in $Q$ that also have a divisor in $(y,2y]$. We establish the order of magnitude for all $\delta \in (0,1]$. This generalizes the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Jeremy Schlitt

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,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Saul Ares , Mario Castro

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…

We prove that the set of normalized differences between primes, defined as $S = \{(p-q)/(p+q) : p > q \text{ are primes}\}$, is dense in the open unit interval $(0,1)$. Our proof provides an explicit construction algorithm with quantitative…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Paul Alexander Bilokon

The set of prime numbers has been analyzed, based on their algebraic and arithmetical structure. Here by obtaining a sort of linear formula for the set of prime numbers, they are redefined and identified; under a systematic procedure it has…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2014-12-30 Ramin Zahedi

We investigate the decay of spatial correlations of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric non-Hermitian one-dimensional models that host higher-order exceptional points. Beyond a certain correlation length, they develop anomalous power-law behavior that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Doru Sticlet , Cătălin Paşcu Moca , Balázs Dóra

We show that for all large enough $x$ the interval $[x,x+x^{1/2}\log^{1.39}x]$ contains numbers with a prime factor $p > x^{18/19}.$ Our work builds on the previous works of Heath-Brown and Jia (1998) and Jia and Liu (2000) concerning the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-01-20 Jori Merikoski

In 1977, the first author observed a duality between the largest and smallest prime factors of integers, and established as a consequence some new results on the M\"obius function $\mu(n)$ using the Prime Number Theorem for Arithmetic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Krishnaswami Alladi , Sroyon Sengupta

We develop a unified density-based framework for primality, coprimality, and prime pairs, and introduce an intrinsic normalized model for prime gaps constrained by the Prime Number Theorem. Within this setting, a structural tension between…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Gregorio Vettori

We use Maynard's methods to show that there are bounded gaps between primes in the sequence $\{\lfloor n\alpha\rfloor\}$, where $\alpha$ is an irrational number of finite type. In addition, given a superlinear function $f$ satisfying some…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-08 Lynn Chua , Soohyun Park , Geoffrey D. Smith

Disordered hyperuniformity is a description of hidden correlations in point distributions revealed by an anomalous suppression in fluctuations of local density at various coarse-graining length scales. In the absorbing phase of models…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-03-24 Yuanjian Zheng , Anshul D. S. Parmar , Massimo Pica Ciamarra

The set of short intervals between consecutive primes squared has the pleasant---but seemingly unexploited---property that each interval $s_k:=\{p_k^2, \dots,p_{k+1}^2-1\}$ is fully sieved by the $k$ first primes. Here we take advantage of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-08-13 Kolbjørn Tunstrøm

We describe a group theoretic analysis of Shor's algorithm and other related hidden subgroup problems in mathematics and relate these to symmetries of molecular and condensed phase assemblies. By recasting Shor's algorithm through the lens…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-07 Srinivasan S. Iyengar , Amr Sabry

Recent studies on fully dielectric multilayered metamaterials have shown that the negligibly small nonlocal effects (spatial dispersion) typically observed in the limit of deeply subwavelength layers may be significantly enhanced by…

Optics · Physics 2018-12-05 Marino Coppolaro , Giuseppe Castaldi , Vincenzo Galdi

In this paper we address the characterization of the structure of condensed materials, periodic and non-periodic. Carrying out an extensive study of over 7000 different groundstate structures of a 2D lattice model of binary packing, we find…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-21 Ian Douglass , Peter Harrowell

The suppression of density fluctuations at different length scales is the hallmark of hyperuniformity. However, its existence and significance in jammed solids is still a matter of debate. We explore the presence of this hidden order in a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-12-10 Yuanjian Zheng , Yan-Wei Li , Massimo Pica Ciamarra

We propose a multi-scale analysis method for studying arithmetic properties of integer sets, such as primality. Our approach organizes information through a hierarchy of nested sequences, where each level enables a hierarchical expression…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Mahmoud Melkemi
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