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Gallagher's larger sieve is a powerful tool, when dealing with sequences of integers that avoid many residue classes. We present and discuss various variants of Gallagher's larger sieve.
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Croot, E.S., Elsholtz, C. On variants of the larger sieve. Acta Mathematica Hungarica 103, 243–254 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:AMHU.0000028411.04500.e2
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