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Using Iterated Function Systems to Reveal Biases in the Distribution of Prime Numbers

Published 2016-12-24Version 1

Iterated function systems (IFS) can be a surprisingly useful tool for studying structure in data. Here we present results stemming from a 2013 computational study by the author using IFS. The results include fractal patterns that reveal "repulsive" phenomena among primes in a wide range of classes, having specified arithmetic or congruence properties. Some of the phenomena shown in our computations relate to the recent, groundbreaking work of Lemke Oliver and Soundararajan on biases between consecutive primes. We do not have asymptotics to explain our results, but provide graphs, data, and detailed explanations of the phenomena.

Comments: 16 pages, 12 figures (needs link to supplementary material)

Categories: math.NT, math.DS

Subjects: 11A41, 47H09, 28A80

Keywords: iterated function systems, reveal biases, prime numbers, distribution, computational study

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