The large sieve and its applications: arithmetic geometry, random walks and discrete groups

Among the modern methods used to study prime numbers, the 'sieve' has been one of the most efficient. Originally conceived by Linnik in 1941, the 'large sieve' has developed extensively since the 1960s, with a recent realisation that the underlying principles were capable of appl...

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Main Author: Kowalski, Emmanuel 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008
Series:Cambridge tracts in mathematics 175
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542947
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542947
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542947
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542947
Summary:Among the modern methods used to study prime numbers, the 'sieve' has been one of the most efficient. Originally conceived by Linnik in 1941, the 'large sieve' has developed extensively since the 1960s, with a recent realisation that the underlying principles were capable of applications going well beyond prime number theory. This book develops a general form of sieve inequality, and describes its varied applications, including the study of families of zeta functions of algebraic curves over finite fields; arithmetic properties of characteristic polynomials of random unimodular matrices; homological properties of random 3-manifolds; and the average number of primes dividing the denominators of rational points on elliptic curves. Also covered in detail are the tools of harmonic analysis used to implement the forms of the large sieve inequality, including the Riemann Hypothesis over finite fields, and Property (T) or Property (tau) for discrete groups
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 293 Seiten)
ISBN:9780511542947
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511542947