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With primes I think a general question is to what extent they are "random". Clearly, they are defined by a fixed rule, so they are not actually random, but they
by throw_pm23 2y ago
With primes I think a general question is to what extent they are "random". Clearly, they are defined by a fixed rule, so they are not actually random, but they have a certain density, statistics, etc. So we can try to narrow down in what sense they are like random numbers and in what sense not. Do they produce a similar "clustering" or (lack thereof) as if we would generate random numbers according to some density, etc. I see the twin primes question fitting in such a theme. Happy to learn if a number theorist has more insight.
- PeeMcGee 2y agoI'm also curious if Number Theory folks acknowledge and/or have conventional language to describe "same-ness" between 2 or more of these goofy prime number phenomena. (I guess what I'm describing is just a reduction. This made more sense before I started typing.)