Bounded Gaps Between Primes (Paperback)

Kevin Broughan

ISBN 10: 1108799205 / ISBN 13: 9781108799201

Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2021

Paperback. Searching for small gaps between consecutive primes is one way to approach the twin primes conjecture, one of the most celebrated unsolved problems in number theory. This book documents the remarkable developments of recent decades, whereby an upper bound on the known gap length between infinite numbers of consecutive primes has been reduced to a tractable finite size. The text is both introductory and complete: the detailed way in which results are proved is fully set out and plenty of background material is included. The reader journeys from selected historical theorems to the latest best result, exploring the contributions of a vast array of mathematicians, including Bombieri, Goldston, Motohashi, Pintz, Yildirim, Zhang, Maynard, Tao and Polymath8. The book is supported by a linked and freely-available package of computer programs. The material is suitable for graduate students and of interest to any mathematician curious about recent breakthroughs in the field. This book records in considerable detail the remarkable bounded prime gaps breakthroughs of recent decades, including Polymath8's best result. The material is suitable for graduate students and any mathematician curious about developments in the field. The book is supported by a linked and freely-available package of computer programs. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781108799201

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A mathematical record of bounded prime gaps breakthroughs, from Erdős to Polymath8, with linked computer programs and complete appendices.

Informazioni sull?autore: Kevin Broughan is Emeritus Professor at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He co-founded and is a Fellow of the New Zealand Mathematical Society. Broughan brings a unique set of knowledge and skills to this project, including number theory, analysis, topology, dynamical systems and computational mathematics. He previously authored the two-volume work Equivalents of the Riemann Hypothesis (Cambridge, 2017) and wrote a software package which is part of Goldfeld's Automorphic Forms and L-Functions for the Group GL(n,R) (Cambridge, 2006).

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Titolo: Bounded Gaps Between Primes (Paperback)
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Data di pubblicazione: 2021
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: new