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The large sieve and its applications: Arithmetic geometry, random walks and discrete groups

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780521888516, 0521888514
ASIN
1
LCC
QA242.5 .K69 2008
Open Library ID
OL22666637M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1625748 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics
Edition
1
Pages
1\317
Library
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Time added
2009-10-26 15:40:52

Description

Among the modern methods used to study prime numbers, the 'sieve' has been one of the most efficient. Originally conceived by Linnik in 1941, the 'large sieve' has developed extensively since the 1960s, with a recent realization that the underlying principles were capable of applications going well beyond prime number theory. This book develops a general form of sieve inequality, and describes its varied applications, including the study of families of zeta functions of algebraic curves over finite fields; arithmetic properties of characteristic polynomials of random unimodular matrices; homological properties of random 3-manifolds; and the average number of primes dividing the denominators of rational points on elliptic curves. Also covered in detail are the tools of harmonic analysis used to implement the forms of the large sieve inequality, including the Riemann Hypothesis over finite fields, and Property (T) or Property (tau) for discrete groups.

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