Moebius Function

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What It Is

Moebius mu(n) in {-1, 0, +1} --- 0 on non-squarefree n (~39.2% by density), (-1)^omega(n) on squarefree n. Generator of multiplicative number theory via the identity sum_{d|n} mu(d) = [n=1]; stationary ternary sequence whose partial sum is Mertens.

Interpretation

Standard analysis sees: bounded / light-tailed; few distinct values; aperiodic / broadband; homoskedastic; monofractal; high-dimensional / space-filling; stationary. The atlas finds no named structure, but the source is distinctively extreme on Boltzmann:dominant_lag (+3.3z) — beyond what the standard bank predicts for it.

What standard analysis sees
tail heaviness0.13
asymmetry0.51
occupancy0.12
short-range corr0.27
long-range memory0.28
spectral colour0.69
periodicity0.14
complexity0.64
time-irreversibility0.69
volatility clustering0.07
multifractality0.09
dimensionality0.99
nonstationarity0.11
What the atlas adds
Atlas-extreme metrics the standard bank can’t predict for this source
Boltzmann:dominant_lag+3.3zbank-miss 2.3σ
Zariski:algebraic_residual+3.1zbank-miss 3.8σ
SL(2,ℝ) (Thurston):parabolic_fraction+2.8zbank-miss 2.7σ

Composition

dtypeint8
range[-1, 1]
unique values3 / 16384
mean ± std-0.00397 ± 0.78

Fixed alphabet — only 3 distinct symbols across 16384 samples.

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Atlas Position

Nearest neighborDistance
Phi-Squared β-Shift3.78cross-origin
Free Group F₂ Walk4.26cross-origin
Codon Usage4.32cross-origin

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Which Geometries Light Up

Cayley › Cayley:delta_hyp_normrank 2/3060.2628
Mostow Rigidity › Mostow Rigidity:laplacian_perturbation_stabilityrank 1/3061.0000
Mostow Rigidity › Mostow Rigidity:volume_sum_jitter_stabilityrank 1/3060.9741
Zariski › Zariski:algebraic_residualrank 2/3060.0716
Zariski › Zariski:residual_sloperank 305/306-5.7252
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