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Prime number theorem via large sieve type sums
We know that the prime number theorem is equivalent to the statement
$$
M(x)=\sum_{n\le x}\mu(n)=o(x).
$$
By using Ramanujan sums, we can write $M(x)$ as
$$
M(x)=\sum_{q\le x}\sum_{\substack{0\lt a\le ...
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Prerequisites for Chen's theorem?
I am an undergraduate theoretical physics student, and I am trying to understand Chen's theorem. But when I tried to read Chen Jingrun's 1973 paper (https://www.sciengine.com/Math%20A0/doi/10.1360/...
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Sieve Method works for variant question?
There are multiple results on the sieve method, and I wanted to ask about the following variant
(to know if it is trivial by one of the current versions of the sieve method, or seems a challenging ...
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From $\Lambda_k$ and $\Lambda$ to $\mu$ (or $\lambda$)
Let $\{a_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$, $a_n \in \mathbb{C}$, $|a_n|\leq 1$. Let $\Lambda_k = \mu \ast \log^k$; in particular, $\Lambda_1$ equals the von Mangoldt function $\Lambda$. Suppose that we have ...
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Must bounded sequences be well-distributed to most *composite* moduli?
Let $\{a_n\}_{n=1}^N$, $|a_n|\leq 1$. Let $Q=\sqrt{N}$. Then $a_n$ is well-distributed modulo most prime $p\leq Q$, in the following sense:
$$\sum_{p\leq Q} \frac{1}{p} \left(\frac{1}{N/p} \sum_{\...
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Sum of reciprocals of rough numbers
Let $x$ and $y$ be given real numbers. We may suppose that $2\leqslant x \leqslant y$ and that $u:= \log(y)/\log(x)$ remains bounded in a compact set away from $1$ as $x,y\to\infty$. An integer $n$ is ...
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Sieve theory obstruction: prime-sparse and nearly full-differenced sets?
Let $D(A) = {|a-b| : a, b \in A}$ denote the difference set of $A \subseteq \mathbb{Z}$. A set $A \subseteq (x/2, x]$ is almost full-differenced if $|D(A)| \geq \frac{x}{2} - \log x$. Let $C_x$ denote ...
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The twin prime problem and the Jurkat-Richert Theorem
Where does the Jurkat-Richert Theorem for linear sieves fail when applied to the twin prime problem?
I'm reading the last two chapters of Additive Number Theory The Classical Bases. The Jurkat-...
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Trying to understand last part of the proof of normalized prime gap
We know that $$\liminf_{n\to\infty}{\frac{p_{n+1}-p_n}{\log p_n}}=0.$$
I'm trying to figure out the proof and I have read a lot of documents, I asked a question here. Still I can't see what's going on....
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Understanding the proof of Goldston–Pintz–Yíldírím's theorem
I hope this question fits the mission of this site.
In "Primes in Tuples I" theorem 2 says,
$$\liminf_{n\to\infty}{\frac{p_{n+1}-p_n}{\log p_n}}=0.$$
After a sieving progress you get $$h>\...
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Are there infinitely many primes $p$ such that $p +2$ has at most two distinct prime factors?
using lower bound sieve, one can show that there are infinitely many prime $p$ such that $p+2$ has at most four distinct prime factors [Theorem 10.2.1, 1].
Has there been any improvement of the above ...
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A Brun-Titchmarsh type result for divisor sums; asymptotic/improved bound
In Shiu's work ('A Brun-Titchmarsh theorem for multiplicative functions') he proved that if $r\le x$ is a natural number, we have $$\sum_{r<n\le x}d(n)d(n-r)\ll x\log^2x\sum_{d|r}\frac{1}{d}.$$
I ...
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Density of primes $p$ where $p-1$ has a prime factor exceeding $p^{2/3}$
Fouvry proved* that primes $p$ such that the greatest prime factor, $q$, of $p-1$ is greater than $p^{2/3}$ have positive density in the primes. (The sequence is A073024 in the OEIS.)
Are there any ...
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Large sieve type inequality
Let $S_x(t)=\sum_{n\le x} a_n e(nt)$, where $e(x)=e^{2\pi i x}$. Then, the large sieve inequality tells us that
$$
\sum_{q\le Q} \sum_{\substack{0\lt a \lt q \\ (a,q)=1}}|S_x(a/q)|^2 \le (Q^2+4\pi x)\...
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Counting prime factors of polynomial functions
Let $\Omega(n)$ denote the number of prime factors (counted with multiplicity) of a non-zero integer $n$. For $f \in \mathbb Z[X]$ non-zero, let $$m(f) = \liminf_{n \to \infty} \Omega(f(n))$$
(1) Is $...
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Sum of $\frac{1}{(\delta_1,\delta_2)}$ with congruence restrictions
In the course of my work, I encountered the following sum ($(x,y)$ stands for the GCD of $x$ and $y$):
$$L(Q)=\sum_{\substack{\delta_1,\delta_2\leq Q\\\delta_1\equiv0\ (a)\\\delta_2\equiv0\ (b)}}\frac{...
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Divisor of given order in short intervals
Is the following Open question or Conjecture already known, or eventually settled ?
Open question : For sufficiently large $x$ there is at least a positive integer in the interval $[x,x+\log^2(x)]$ ...
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Best available bounds for $\pi(Y)-\pi(Y-X)$?
I don't know much (anything) about sieves, but as I read the section on the Selberg upper bound sieve from Greaves's Sieves in Number Theory, there is a theorem 4 which says that
If $Y\ge X \ge 2$, ...
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Large sieve inequality-like sum without the square
Let $S(\alpha) = \sum_{n\leq N} w(n) e^{2\pi i \alpha n}$ for some function $w$ defined on $\mathbb{R}$. Suppose $\alpha_1, \ldots, \alpha_R$ are real numbers that are $\delta$-spaced modulo $1$, for ...
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On the upper bound estimation of $D(N)$ in Chen Jingrun's theorem
What are the current research results on the estimation of the upper bound of $D(N)$ in Chen Jingrun's theorem?
Including but not limited to Chen Jingrun's improvement 7.8342 and Wu Jie's improvement ...
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Status of current research in Sieve Theory
I have done a course in Sieve Theory from the notes of Prof. Rudnick. Before this, I did 2 courses in Number Theory from the 2 volumes of Apostol.
I don't have any guidance by professor as I am living ...
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Specific application of Cauchy-Schwarz and Large Sieve
Im reading a paper by Matomaki here, and the following is stated (I'm paraphrasing):
"By the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and the large sieve, we have
$$\sum_{q \leq Q}\frac{q}{\phi(q)}\sum_{\...
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Remainder terms of congruence sums in sets of positive density
Let $\mathcal{A} \subset \mathbb{N}$ be an infinite sequence with positive density, in the sense that
$$
\tag{1}
\lim_{x\to\infty} \frac{|\mathcal{A} \cap x|}{x} = c > 0,
$$
and define the ...
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Are there are any attempts utilising sieve theory to attack the general $a p \pm 1$ problem?
It is currently an open question if there are infinitely many primes $p$ such that $2p + 1$ is prime (Sophie Germain primes) or that at least one of $24p \pm 1$ is prime.
Could Zhang's method, or the ...
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Least number coprime to a given integer
For a positive integer $n$ let $$f(n):=\min\{m\in \mathbb N: m>1, \gcd(m,n)=1\} .$$
Equivalently, $f(n) $ is the smallest prime not dividing $n$.
Is there any upper bound literature for this? It is ...
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Numbers made up of primes from a given set
Take a set $\mathcal P$ of primes and denote by $\langle \mathcal P\rangle $ the set of all natural numbers composed of primes from $\mathcal P$. If
\[ \sum _{p\in \mathcal P}\frac {1}{p}\]
converges ...
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Counting primes, twin primes, cousin primes: unusual approach, connection to some conjectures
I am investigating the following sieve-like algorithm. Let $S_N=\{1,\dots,N\}$. For all primes $p$ with $p_0\leq p \leq M$, we remove from $S_N$ the following elements: all numbers $n\in S_N$ such ...
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Large sieve inequality for sparse trigonometric polynomials
Let $S(\alpha) = \sum_{n\leq N}f(n) e^{2\pi i \alpha n}$ for some arithmetic function $f$. Suppose $\alpha_1, \ldots, \alpha_R$ are real numbers that are $\delta$-spaced modulo $1$, for some $0 < \...
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Counting twin primes with a sieve-like algorithm
The sequence A002822, denoted as $S$, represents all the twin primes except $\{3, 5\}$. Other than that exception, $k$ and $k+2$ are twin primes iff $(k+1)/6\in S$. Let $S(N)$ be the subset of $S$ ...
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On Ford's "The distribution of integers with a divisor in a given interval"
Let $H(x,y,z)$ denote the number of positive integers of size at most $x$ which have a divisor in the range $(y,z]$. In his famous "The distribution of integers with a divisor in a given interval&...
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The history and original paper of the Rosser–Iwaniec sieve
I'm trying to find Rosser's original paper where he introduces his eponymous sieve. I've already found https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0505521 (where the reference isn't given, but where it is indicated ...
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Improving the error term in a classic sieving problem
I'm new to asking questions on MathOverflow, so forgive me if this question is not the kind of thing to be asked here.
Let $q$ be a positive integer and let $N$ be an integer with $1 \leq N \leq q$. ...
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A number theoretical identity of exponential sum
I try to understand a number theoretical identity used by
Jan-Christoph Schlage-Puchta in this answer.
He defined the function
$$S(\alpha)=\sum_{n\leq N}\Lambda(n) e(n\alpha)$$
where $\Lambda(n)$ is ...
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Kubilius model in higher sieve dimension?
The Kubilius model, based on the fundamental lemma of sieve theory, let us approximate the probability of events depending on the variables $X_p$, $p\leq y$, where $X_p=1$ if $p|n$ ($n$ a random ...
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"Halfway" approach to Landau's 4th problem (special case of Bateman-Horn)
Landau's 4th problem asks if $n^2 + 1$ is prime for infinitely many $n \in \Bbb{Z}$. It is known that $n^2 + 1$ can only be divisible by Pythagorean primes, and that for any $p$ congruent to $1 \pmod ...
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What is the significance of Friedlander-Iwaniec and related theorems?
On p.177 of Number Theory Revealed: A Masterclass by Andrew Granville, the author states that "One can ask for prime values of polynomials in two or more variables." (though he later ...
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References of research papers which lead to starting of Sieve Theory
Question - I am thinking to present one or two papers on Sieve Theory in my masters thesis. I will also present 3 other papers on Riemann Zeta Function which I have studied earlier . But I have no ...
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Sieve Theory uniform bound in Richert's Lectures on Sieves
I'm not sure how suitable this question is, but I have had no response on Mathematics Stack Exchange. My original question is here: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3402938/uniformity-...
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Prime counting function estimate sieve of Eratosthenes-Legendre
I'm trying to arrive at estimate 1.17 (page 21) of Koukoulopoulos lecture notes [https://dms.umontreal.ca/~koukoulo/documents/notes/sievemethods.pdf]
$$\#\{n \leq x : p|n \Rightarrow p > \sqrt{x}\}...
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Primes with given Hamming weight
If I understand correctly, in the following thread
Are There Primes of Every Hamming Weight?
two users of the site claim that it has been already proven that, for every sufficiently large $n \in \...
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Why do Maynard-Tao weights succeed?
I'm attempting to understand why the Maynard-Tao weights are successful in proving bounded gaps between primes, but the GPY weights are not.
These two posts do an excellent job in giving an overview ...
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Friedlander-Iwaniec Flipping moduli
I am reading section 12 (Flipping Moduli) of the paper "The polynomial $X^2+Y^4$ captures its primes" by Friedlander and Iwaniec.
At page 997, just below equation (12.7) we start estimating the ...
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Sieve bound for the sum of two squares
Let $$S(n) = \sum_{p \le n} b(n-p),$$ where
$b(a)=1$ is $a$ is a sum of two squares of positive integers and $b(a)=0$ otherwise.
Trivially by PNT we have
$$S(n) \le \sum_{p \le n}1 \ll \frac{n}{\log n}...
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Almost-prime values attained by a product of quadratic polynomials
Let $F(x) = \prod_{i=1}^{k} (a_i x +b_i)$ be a product of $k$ linear polynomials, where $a_i,b_i$ are integers. Under very reasonable conditions, it is known that a constant $C_k$ exists with the ...
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Almost-prime values attained by polynomials, with extra conditions
Given integers $a_1,\ldots,a_k>0$ and $b_1,\ldots,b_k$, consider the polynomial $f(x) = \prod_{i=1}^{k} (a_i x +b_i) \in \mathbb{Z}[x]$. Suppose that $\{ a_i x+b_i\}_{i=1}^{k}$ are pairwise ...
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Sum of divisors below threshold
Let $\sigma(n)$ denote the sum of divisors of $n$, that is,
$$
\sigma(n) = \sum_{d | n} d.
$$
It is known that $\sigma$ can have values as large as order $n \log \log n$. However, obviously the sum is ...
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Use of weights in the GPY's and Tao-Maynard's work on the twin prime conjecture
I am going through James Maynard's paper, Small Gaps between Primes, and have a number of questions regarding his approach. First, I am wondering why uses weights in his approach. While I generally ...
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Sieving the values of an arithmetic sequence which is infinitely many times $1$
I have a sequence of positive integers $a_n$ which assumes infinitely many times the value $1$. I want to estimate the cardinality of the following set:
$$\#\{n\leq x : a_n>1 \text{ and } (a_n, \...
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Some questions about some examples in "sieve methods" in the book "Opera de Cribro" by Friedlander and Iwaniec
I am reading the book "Opera de Cribro - John B. Friedlander, Henryk Iwaniec" and in pages 5,6 I do not understand why and how they chose $X$, $A(x)$, $A_d(x)$, $g(p)$ and $r_d(x)$.
any hints will be ...
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admissible tuples vs. prime tuples
Let $\rho^\ast(x)$ denote the maximal length of an admissible sequence in $[1,x]$, i.e. of a sequence which does not cover all the residue classes modulo any $n\geq 2$. Hensley and Richards (1974) ...
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