Heuristic and Probabilistic Results about Prime Numbers

Paulo Ribenboim
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Paulo Ribenboim: Queen’s University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Chapter 6 in The New Book of Prime Number Records, 1996, pp 371-425 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The word “heuristic” means: based on, or involving, trial and error. Heuristic results are formulated following the observation of numerical data from tables or from extended calculations. Sometimes these results express the conclusions of some statistical analysis.

Keywords: Prime Number; Probabilistic Result; Arithmetic Progression; Primitive Root; Linear Polynomial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-0759-7_7

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