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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 124 5 d Solution by
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Let , , and let be the cumulative distribution function of . Since the prime omega function is integer-valued, is constant on every half-open interval between consecutive points of the lattice .
Choose and put , . Then , and has the same value throughout . The standard normal distribution function is continuous, so the definition of the Kolmogorov distance giveswhere the second inequality follows by taking a limit from below at . The triangle inequality therefore yieldsThus the integer lattice forces the lower bound:This lattice obstruction to normal approximation does not require a quantitative Erdős-Kac theorem; it follows directly from discreteness and the positive standard normal density near zero.
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