Hints that a dynamical system may lie behind the distribution of primes

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http://secamlocal.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/zeta/NTfourier.htm"

This is along the lines of what I have suspected about the primes that there is something there that is far deeper and has a real impact on both math in general and physical reality.
 
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- There is an even more "amazing" fact, it's proved that there is a "Harmonic model of gas" so its total partition funciton Z is equal to the riemann Zeta function..(If Bosons) and \zeta(2s) / \zeta(s) (If Fermions).. the frecuencies of every particle (infinitely many of them) is \hbar \omega (k) = log(p_k ) k=1,2,3,4,5,... (primes) this is called the "Riemann Gas"...
 
Karlisbad said:
- There is an even more "amazing" fact, it's proved that there is a "Harmonic model of gas" so its total partition funciton Z is equal to the riemann Zeta function..(If Bosons) and \zeta(2s) / \zeta(s) (If Fermions).. the frecuencies of every particle (infinitely many of them) is \hbar \omega (k) = log(p_k ) k=1,2,3,4,5,... (primes) this is called the "Riemann Gas"...

I can't find much on that but would love to learn more do you have links to some references?
 
:cry: :cry: Unfortunately "Playdo" i myself am stuck in this problem..:frown: :frown: you could try to learn something about "Statistical Physics" (involving partition function) at Wikipedia:confused: :confused:
 
Karlisbad said:
:cry: :cry: Unfortunately "Playdo" i myself am stuck in this problem..:frown: :frown: you could try to learn something about "Statistical Physics" (involving partition function) at Wikipedia:confused: :confused:

So do you usually make statements of fact about things you cannot completely prove? I mean it is one thing to be armchair and point to someone elses clearly written work, but to simply say I think this is true but can't prove it. At least make an argument showing why you think it might be true or even what you really mean.
 
I think he means that he knows it's true, but doesn't know how to prove it. Example, it's a question on a homework assignment

I could be wrong though
 
And everyone knows that a statement on a homework assignment can't possibly be incorrect!
 
Using Solid state (i recommend you "Ashcorft & Mermin : SOlid State Physics) using the definition of Partition function and specific Heat.. I've been able to recover the Integral equation involving \pi (e^{t}) (precisely the inverse of the k-th frequency) \omega (k) = log(p_k) ,unfortunately this does not simplify the problem.. what i have asked is if there would be a method knowing the "Entropy" , "gibbs function" or similar ,which can be calculated knowing the partition function, and from this to get the density of states (in 1-D is just the inverse of the derivative \frac{d\omega}{dk} multiplied by a constant, if we were able to calculate the "speed of sound " for the lattice or density of states we could calculate every prime..at the moment the only chance would be to use X-rays (if we had a portion of the Riemann gas of course) to calculate the frequencies...:redface: of course this is impossible since Riemann gas does not exist :frown:
 

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