Close encounters among the primes

DOI10.1007/S13226-014-0083-6MaRDI QIDQ5963320zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. B. Friedlander, H. Iwaniec

Publication date 7 March 2016

Published in Indian Journal of Pure \& Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.2926

zbMATH Keywords

primesarithmetic progressionssieves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Distribution of primes (11N05) Applications of sieve methods (11N36) Primes in congruence classes (11N13) Sieves (11N35)

Abstract: This paper was written, apart from one technical correction, in July and August of 2013. The, then very recent, breakthrough of Y. Zhang cite{Z} had revived in us an intention to produce a second edition of our book "Opera de Cribro", one which would include an account of Zhang's result, stressing the sieve aspects of the method. A complete and connected version of the proof, in our style but not intended for journal publication, seemed a natural first step in this project. Following the further spectacular advance given by J. Maynard (arXiv:1311.4600, Nov 20, 2013), we have had to re-think our position. Maynard's method, at least in its current form, proceeds from GPY in quite a different direction than does Zhang's, and achieves numerically superior results. Consequently, although Zhang's contribution to the distribution of primes in arithmetic progressions certainly retains its importance, the fact remains that much of the material in this paper would no longer appear in a new edition of our book. Because this paper contains some innovations that we do not wish to become lost, we have decided to make the work publicly available in its current form.

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