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 $X$, $A(x)$, $A_d(x)$ and $g(p)$. any hints will be appreciated. [![enter image description here][1]][1] [![enter image description here][2]][2] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/5ygT4.jpg [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/NIxPU.jpg