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I am surprised that Mathworld Wolfram did not list "Arithmetic Derivative" but Wiki has

You can use Arithmetic Derivative to formulate Goldbach's conjecture, twin prime and prime triples in an alternative way.

E. J. Barbeau, "Remark on an arithmetic derivative", Canad. Math. Bull. 4 (1961), 117 http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_03_22_04.html

Why didn't Weisstein's Mathworld mention arithmetic derivative at all?

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asked Jan 6, 2012 at 22:58

Benjamin Vitale

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$\begingroup$ The main reason seems to be some form of the Occam razor... In plain English, that means that until you get some non-trivial result using your new notion/object/idea/whatever in an essential way, giving it a special name is not justified. $\endgroup$
– fedja
Jan 6, 2012 at 23:17
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$\begingroup$ Have you tried asking Weisstein? $\endgroup$
– Gerry Myerson
Jan 7, 2012 at 14:48
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$\begingroup$ I don't think Vitale deserved the brushoff that the moderators have given him. I certainly think the arithmatic derivative is an intriguing idea, and Vitale should have been encouraged to phrase his question in a more sensible fashion: such as has there been any interesting results shown/proved/reformulated. $\endgroup$
– Mozibur Ullah
Jan 25, 2013 at 10:37

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