The irrationality of a prime factor series under a prime tuples conjecture

Abstract

Let $\omega (n)$ denote the number of distinct prime factors of $n$. Assuming a suitably uniform version of the prime $k$-tuples conjecture, we show that the number \begin{align*} \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{ω(n)}{2^n} \end{align*} is irrational. This settles (conditionally) a question of Erdős.

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