Let Xn,n ≥ 1, be a sequence of independent random variables satisfying P(Xn = 0) = 1 - P(Xn = an) = 1 - 1/Pn, where an,n ≥ 1, is a sequence of real numbers, and Pn is the nth prime,set FN(x) = P (N Xn ≤ x). The aut...Let Xn,n ≥ 1, be a sequence of independent random variables satisfying P(Xn = 0) = 1 - P(Xn = an) = 1 - 1/Pn, where an,n ≥ 1, is a sequence of real numbers, and Pn is the nth prime,set FN(x) = P (N Xn ≤ x). The authors investigate a conjecture of Erdos in probabilistic number theory and show that in order for the sequence FN to be weakly convergent, it is both sufficient and necessary that there exist three numbers X0 and X1 < X2 such that limsup(FN(X2) - FN(X1)) > 0 holds, and Lo = N→ ∞ lim FN(X0) exists. Moreover, the authors point out that they can also obtain the same result in the weakened case of lim inf P(Xn = 0) > 0.展开更多
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文摘Let Xn,n ≥ 1, be a sequence of independent random variables satisfying P(Xn = 0) = 1 - P(Xn = an) = 1 - 1/Pn, where an,n ≥ 1, is a sequence of real numbers, and Pn is the nth prime,set FN(x) = P (N Xn ≤ x). The authors investigate a conjecture of Erdos in probabilistic number theory and show that in order for the sequence FN to be weakly convergent, it is both sufficient and necessary that there exist three numbers X0 and X1 < X2 such that limsup(FN(X2) - FN(X1)) > 0 holds, and Lo = N→ ∞ lim FN(X0) exists. Moreover, the authors point out that they can also obtain the same result in the weakened case of lim inf P(Xn = 0) > 0.
