The Green-Tao theorem: an exposition

DOI10.4171/EMSS/6zbMATH Open1311.11092arXiv1403.2957OpenAlexW2129641831WikidataQ29010421 ScholiaQ29010421MaRDI QIDQ489922FDOQ489922

Authors: David Conlon, Jacob Fox, Yufei Zhao 

Publication date: 21 January 2015

Published in: EMS Surveys in Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The celebrated Green-Tao theorem states that the prime numbers contain arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions. We give an exposition of the proof, incorporating several simplifications that have been discovered since the original paper.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.2957

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zbMATH Keywords

Green-Tao theoremprimes in arithmetic progressiontransferring principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic progressions (11B25) Arithmetic combinatorics; higher degree uniformity (11B30) Primes (11A41) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to number theory (11-02) Primes in congruence classes (11N13)

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