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2.5, the median value for the first prime factor of an integer
by falseprofit 3y ago
2.5, the median value for the first prime factor of an integer
- owl57 3y agoProbably not. We are talking about some function of first N numbers and its limit when N approaches infinity. There is more than one reasonable way to clarify "first prime factor" and "first N numbers", but I think for all of these reasonable definitions the median diverges, having different subsequential limits for even and odd values of N.
- falseprofit 3y agoI'm taking the median of the limiting distribution, and I agree that the sequence of medians you describe does not converge.
- gowld 3y agoHow so? 1 has no first prime factor so must be excluded along with 0. 2 is always >=50% of the head sequences of the rest: 2 3 2 5 2 7 ...