Levels of Distribution and the Affine Sieve
Annales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse Mathématiques (2014)
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abstract = {We discuss the notion of a “Level of Distribution” in two settings. The first deals with primes in progressions, and the role this plays in Yitang Zhang’s theorem on bounded gaps between primes. The second concerns the Affine Sieve and its applications.},
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