An introduction to sieve methods and their applications
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
An introduction to sieve methods and their applications
（London Mathematical Society student texts, 66）
Cambridge University Press, 2006, c2005
- : hardback
- : pbk
Available at / 32 libraries
-
Hiroshima University Central Library, Interlibrary Loan
: hbk412:C-832000447279,
: pbk412:C-834030403072 -
Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science図書
: hbk512.73/C6672080042822
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Bibliography: p. 218-221
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Sieve theory has a rich and romantic history. The ancient question of whether there exist infinitely many twin primes (primes p such that p+2 is also prime), and Goldbach's conjecture that every even number can be written as the sum of two prime numbers, have been two of the problems that have inspired the development of the theory. This book provides a motivated introduction to sieve theory. Rather than focus on technical details which can obscure the beauty of the theory, the authors focus on examples and applications, developing the theory in parallel. The text can be used for a senior level undergraduate course or an introductory graduate course in analytic number theory, and non-experts can gain a quick introduction to the techniques of the subject.
Table of Contents
- 1. Some basic notions
- 2. Some elementary sieves
- 3. The normal order method
- 4. The Turan sieve
- 5. The sieve of Eratosthenes
- 6. Brun's sieve
- 7. Selberg's sieve
- 8. The large sieve
- 9. The Bombieri-Vinogradov theorem
- 10. The lower bound sieve
- 11. New directions in sieve theory
- Bibliography.
by "Nielsen BookData"