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What is the probability an Eisenstein integer is visible from the origin (that is, a line from the origin to the integer does not intersect any other Eisenstein integers)?

Note: An Eisenstein integer is a complex number of the form a + b ω a+b\omega where ω = 1 + i 3 2 \displaystyle \omega = \frac{-1+i\sqrt{3}}{2} and a , b Z a,b \in \mathbb{Z} . For example, 1 , ω 1, \omega and 3 + 2 ω 3+2\omega are all Eisenstein integers.


The answer is 0.607927101854.

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4 solutions

Jake Lai
Apr 15, 2015

How do we solve this? It's just to notice that you can just "slide" each n n th row a bit to the right (or left, if you like) proportional to n n to obtain something resembling the Gaussian integers. The Gaussian case is well-known, but here a quick proof:

The probability that two integers share a certain prime factor p p is 1 p × 1 p = p 2 \frac{1}{p} \times \frac{1}{p} = p^{-2} . The probability they are coprime (equivalent to visibilty) is the complement, ie 1 p 2 1-p^{-2} .

Take the product over all primes p p and you get the Euler product

p prime ( 1 p 2 ) = 1 ζ ( 2 ) 0.608 \prod_{p \ \text{prime}} \left( 1-p^{-2} \right) = \frac{1}{\zeta(2)} \approx \boxed{0.608}

Ani Et
Apr 15, 2015

Two distinct primes p and q are always relatively prime, (p,q)=1, as are any positive integer powers of distinct primes p and q, (p^m,q^n)=1.

Relative primality is not transitive. For example, (2,3)=1 and (3,4)=1, but (2,4)=2.

The probability that two integers m and n picked at random are relatively prime is

P((m,n)=1)=[zeta(2)]^(-1)=6/(pi^2)=0.60792...

Michael Mendrin
Apr 14, 2015

Jake Lai, it's probably a good idea to include a short definition of an Eisenstein integer in your problem statement.

Will do. Thanks for the suggestion!

Jake Lai - 6 years, 2 months ago
Bogdan Simeonov
Apr 13, 2015

The probability that two random numbers are pairwise coprime is 6 π 2 \frac{6}{\pi^2} .This can be shown by using the fact that the partial sums of ϕ ( n ) \phi(n) are 3 π 2 x 2 + O ( x l o g x ) \frac{3}{\pi^2}x^2+O(xlogx) .By the way @JakeLai , from what book are you getting these problems from?

And also, don't you mean a `gaussian integer(a+bi) in the complex plane, not an Eisenstein integer (the field a + b ϱ ) a+b\varrho) .

Bogdan Simeonov - 6 years, 2 months ago

I just made this one myself. You got the problem kind of right; the Eisenstein case is isomorphic to the Gaussian case. You can just "slide" each n n th row a bit to the right proportional to n n .

Jake Lai - 6 years, 2 months ago

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So where did you learn about this?I learned about the partial sums in a book for number theory.And what us the intended solution and interpretation?

Bogdan Simeonov - 6 years, 2 months ago

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It's just to notice that you can "slide" each rows to the right. The Gaussian case is well-lnown, but here a quick proof:

The probabilty that two integers share a certain prime factor p p is 1 p × 1 p = p 2 \frac{1}{p} \times \frac{1}{p} = p^{-2} . The probability they are coprime (equivalent to visibilty) is the complement, ie 1 p 2 1-p^{-2} . Take the product over all primes p p and you get the Euler product for 1 ζ ( 2 ) \frac{1}{\zeta(2)} .

I learnt about this while researching the Riemann zeta function online.

Jake Lai - 6 years, 2 months ago

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