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In this paper, a simple explanation for the Goldbach Conjecture is given. We have shown that the probability of violating the conjecture not only for the prime numbers, but also for any subset of natural numbers whose distribution is…

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In this article, we prove a weighted version of Saitoh's conjecture. As an application, we prove a weighted version of Saitoh's conjecture for higher derivatives.

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We prove Union-Closed sets conjecture.

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We prove an easy statement about inhomogeneous approximation in metric theory of Diophantine Approximation.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-23 Nikolay Moshchevitin

The aim of this short note is to present an elementary, self-contained, and direct proof for the classical Lebesgue decomposition theorem.

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-08 Tamás Titkos

We give an elementary probabilistic proof of a binomial identity. The proof is obtained by computing the probability of a certain event in two different ways, yielding two different expressions for the same quantity.

Probability · Mathematics 2016-06-14 Jonathon Peterson

We present an easy proof of Polya's theorem on random walks: with the probability one a random walk on the two-dimensional lattice returns to the starting point.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-03-05 Yury Kochetkov

We give simple proofs, under minimal hypotheses, of the Weak Law of Large Numbers and the Central Limit Theorem for independent identically distributed random variables. These proofs use only the elementary calculus, together with the most…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-07-26 Nicholas Pippenger

This note presents a simple proof of the characteristic function of Student's $t$-distribution. The method of proof, which involves finding a differential equation satisfied by the characteristic function, is applicable to many other…

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The distribution of the sum of independent identically distributed uniform random variables is well-known. However, it is sometimes necessary to analyze data which have been drawn from different uniform distributions. By inverting the…

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We provide a proof of a variant of the Landau-Siegel Zeros conjecture.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-31 Yitang Zhang

We present a short proof of a celebrated result of G\'acs and K\"orner giving sufficient and necessary condition on the joint distribution of two discrete random variables $X$ and $Y$ for the case when their mutual information matches the…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-09-26 Laszlo Csirmaz

We prove the Strong Jacobi Bound Conjecture for generically reduced components of differential schemes.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Taylor Dupuy , David Zureick-Brown

We obtain simple proofs of certain inequalites for bivariate means.

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In this paper, we give a simple counter example to the famous Hodge conjecture.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2013-01-23 Renyi Ma

A finite form of de Finetti's representation theorem is established using elementary information-theoretic tools: The distribution of the first $k$ random variables in an exchangeable binary vector of length $n\geq k$ is close to a mixture…

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In this short note, we prove Hadwiger's conjecture for strongly monotypic polytopes.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-29 Vuong Bui

We give a simple proof of a recent result by J. Schleischitz dealing with a counterexample to the uniform Littlewood conjecture. Our construction is based on simple properties of Fibonacci numbers.

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In the context of bounding probability of small deviation, there are limited general tools. However, such bounds have been widely applied in graph theory and inventory management. We introduce a common approach to substantially sharpen such…

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