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Prime numbers, diophantine equations, diophantine approximations, analytic or algebraic number theory, arithmetic geometry, Galois theory, transcendental number theory, continued fractions

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Does the mean ratio of the perimeter to the hypotenuse of right triangles converge to $1 + \...

Conjecture: Let $\mu_x$ be the arithmetic mean of the ratio of the perimeter to the hypotenuse of all primitive Pythagorean triplets in which no side exceeds $x$; then, $$ \lim_{x \to \i …
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6 votes
3 answers
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A simple looking problem in partitions that became increasingly complex

I began with problem which looked simple in the beginning but became increasingly complex as I dug deeper. Main questions: Find the number of solutions $s(n)$ of the equation $$ n = \frac{k_1}{1} + …
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11 votes
1 answer
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Riemann sum formula for definite integral using prime numbers

I had asked this question in MSE. It got lot of upvotes but no answer (except one which was too long to be posted as a comment) hence I am posting it in MO. While answering another question in MSE I …
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4 votes
2 answers
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On a sum involving prime numbers

I find myself needing the asymtotics of the following summation for my work. Let $a$ be a positive real number and $p_n$ be the $n$-th prime. $$ \sum_{k=1}^{n} [k^a - (k-1)^a]p_k $$ At $a=1$, this …
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2 votes
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How many divisors of $\phi(m)$ do not divide $m-1$?

Lehmer's totient problem asks if there exists a composite number $m$ such that $\phi(m)$ divides $m-1$. Lower bounds on $m$ has been established but we do not know if a solution exists. Clearly, if we …
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3 votes
3 answers
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Mathematical techniques to reduce the amount of storage memory

Apologies for the length question. Those acquainted with the analytics industry will know that the next big thing in the information technology world will be the Big Data revolution where huge volumes …
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8 votes
1 answer
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Are there highly composite prime gaps?

Definition: Highly composite prime gap The three composite numbers between the consecutive primes $643$ and $647$ each have at least three distinct prime factors. This is the first occurrence of prime …
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5 votes
6 answers
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Sequences equidistributed modulo 1

Let $\alpha$ be any positive irrational and $\beta$ be any positive real. We have the following results. H. Weyl (1909): The fractional part of the sequence $\alpha n$ is equidistributed modulo 1. I …
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23 votes
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Does the average primeness of natural numbers tend to zero?

This question was posted in MSE. It got many upvotes but no answer hence posting it in MO. A number is either prime or composite, hence primality is a binary concept. Instead I wanted to put a valu …
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1 vote
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Mean value of a function with binomial coefficients as weights

Is the following true? Let $a$ be a positive integer and let $t_n$ be a sequence of numbers. We define the binomial mean of $t_n$ $$ \beta_{t_n,a} = \frac{1}{2^n t_n}\sum_{r^a \le n} \binom{n}{r^a …
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5 votes
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Is the ratio of a number to the variance of its divisors injective?

The variance $v_n$ of a natural number $n$ is defined as the variance of its divisors. There are distinct integer whose variances are equal e,g. $v_{691} = v_{817}$. However I observed that for $n \le …
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3 votes
0 answers
309 views

If $p^2 - q^2$ is a perfect square where $p$ and $q$ are primes $> 5000$ then is one of its ... [closed]

Is it true that if $p^2 - q^2$ is a perfect square where $p$ and $q$ are primes $> 5000$ then it has a prime factor greater than $17$? Note: This question was asked in MSE but did not receive an answ …
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6 votes
4 answers
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Probability that randomly chosen integers from a restricted set of natural numbers are coprime

We know that the probability $P(k)$ of $k$ randomly chosen integers $(k \ge 2)$ from the set of natural number are coprime is $$ P(k) = \frac{1}{\zeta(k)}. $$ I am looking at a special case of thi …
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7 votes
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Are there infinitely many zeroes of $\sum_{r = 1}^{n-1} \mu(r)\gcd(n,r) $?

Let $\mu(n)$ be the Möbius function and $S(x)$ be the number of positive integers $n \le x$ such that $$ \sum_{r = 1}^{n-1} \mu(r)\gcd(n,r) = 0 $$ My experimental data for $n \le 6 \times 10^5 $se …
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1 vote
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Primes which do not divide certain homogeneous polynomials

It is known that if $x^2 + y^2 = z^2$ is a primitive Pythagorean triplet then $z$ is not divisible by any prime of the form $4k-1$. The following is a generalization of this classical result which sh …
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