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An introduction to sieve methods and their applications

By Alina Carmen Cojocaru , M. Ram Murty

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0521848164, 0521612756, 9780521612753, 9780521848169, 9780511132858
LCC
QA246 .C65 2005
Open Library ID
OL18486966M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
737 kB (754664 bytes)
Series
London Mathematical Society student texts 66
Pages
237\237
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

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 motivating 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.

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