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Does the Prime Number Theorem have anything to do with Erdos-Kac law or vice versa?
The prime number theorem says on average we can find $\frac n{\log n}$ primes of magnitude $n$.
Erdos-Kac law state a typical number of magnitude $n$ has $\log\log n$ primes.
Somehow the fact $e^{\...
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Why do primes dislike dividing the sum of all the preceding primes?
I was investigating primes with the property that the sum of the first $n$ primes is divisible by $p_n$. It turns out that these primes are extremely extremely rare. For primes less than $10^9$, I ...