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Prime numbers, diophantine equations, diophantine approximations, analytic or algebraic number theory, arithmetic geometry, Galois theory, transcendental number theory, continued fractions

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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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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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Why do Maynard-Tao weights succeed?

TLDR: I have two questions thanks in advance: Can we assume that the $w_{n}$ are smooth approximations and if so why? I've always struggled in knowing when it is permissible / how to find smooth app …
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