THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIME NUMBERS

  • K. Soundararajan
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Part of the NATO Science Series book series (NAII, volume 237)

Abstract

What follows is an expanded version of my lectures at the NATO School on Equidistribution. I have tried to keep the informal style of the lectures. In particular, I have sometimes oversimplified matters in order to convey the spirit of an argument.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • K. Soundararajan
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  1. 1.University of Michigan

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