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It is proved that the set of prime numbers on the coordinate axis is massive under a symmetric random walk through the three-dimensional integral lattice.
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Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 211–215, February, 1970.
The author expresses his sincere thanks to S. A. Molehanov, under whose direction this research was carried out.
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Kogan, I.A. Problem of ito and mckean on the massiveness of the set of primes. Mathematical Notes of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 7, 127–129 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01093495
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01093495