• Title of article

    A small world network of prime numbers

  • Author/Authors

    Anjan Kumar Chandra، نويسنده , , Subinay Dasgupta، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    436
  • To page
    446
  • Abstract
    According to Goldbach conjecture, any even number can be broken up as the sum of two prime numbers: n=p+q. We construct a network where each node is a prime number and corresponding to every even number n, we put a link between the component primes p and q. In most cases, an even number can be broken up in many ways, and then we chose one decomposition with a probability p-qα. Through computation of average shortest distance and clustering coefficient, we conclude that for α>-1.8 the network is of small world type and for α<-1.8 it is of regular type. We also present a theoretical justification for such behaviour.
  • Journal title
    Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • Record number

    870450