18.785 Analytic Number Theory, Spring 2007

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Kedlaya, Kiran
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Analytic Number Theory
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Abstract
This course is an introduction to analytic number theory, including the use of zeta functions and L-functions to prove distribution results concerning prime numbers (e.g., the prime number theorem in arithmetic progressions).
Date issued
2007-06
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101679
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
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18.785-Spring2007
local: 18.785
local: IMSCP-MD5-62d5718e7d0ad501c85097b1db2c94ea
Keywords
analytic number theory, Riemann zeta function, L-functions, prime number theorem, Dirichlet's theorem, Riemann Hypothesis, Sieving methods, Linnik, Linnik's large sieve, Selberg, Selberg's sieve, distribution of prime numbers
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