Mathematics – Number Theory
Scientific paper
2009-05-04
Mathematics
Number Theory
30 pages Version 2 with a few corrections, and added references
Scientific paper
Building on earlier work introducing the notion of "mod-Gaussian" convergence of sequences of random variables, which arises naturally in Random Matrix Theory and number theory, we discuss the analogue notion of "mod-Poisson" convergence. We show in particular how it occurs naturally in analytic number theory in the classical Erd\H{o}s-K\'ac Theorem. In fact, this case reveals deep connections and analogies with conjectures concerning the distribution of L-functions on the critical line, which belong to the mod-Gaussian framework, and with analogues over finite fields, where it can be seen as a zero-dimensional version of the Katz-Sarnak philosophy in the large conductor limit.
Kowalski Emmanuel
Nikeghbali Ashkan
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