The sum of digits of prime numbers is evenly distributed

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 17:50 in Mathematics & Economics

(PhysOrg.com) -- On average, there are as many prime numbers for which the sum of decimal digits is even as prime numbers for which it is odd. This hypothesis, first made in 1968, has recently been proven by French researchers from the Institut de Mathematiques de Luminy.

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