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On pseudo-random properties of P (n) and P (n + 1)

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We study the pseudo-random properties of the inequalities P (n) < P (n+1) or P (n) > P (n+1) (where P (n) denotes the greatest prime factor of n) for both well-distribution and correlation.

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  1. Institut Elie Cartan, Université Henri Poincaré, B.P. 239, 54506, Vandœvre-Lès-Nancy, France

    Joël Rivat

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Rivat, J. On pseudo-random properties of P (n) and P (n + 1). Periodica Mathematica Hungarica 43, 121–136 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015289816905

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