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401-3116-08L 4 Credits BSC , DR , MSC D-USYS , D-BAUG , D-MAVT , D-INFK , D-MTEC , D-MATH , D-BIOL , D-ERDW , D-GESS , D-ITET , D-CHAB

Sieve Methods and Applications

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Kowalski
VVZ CR n/a

Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:29:50

Abstract

The course will describe first a general framework for sieve, then discuss the classical applications to problems such as the Twin Prime Conjecture, and conclude with surveys of more unusual applications involving in particular general forms of the large sieve.

Content

Sieve methods have been developed to study the distribution of prime numbers, and they are among the few general techniques available for this purpose. However, the principles behind the sieve are useful in much more general context than for prime numbers. The course will describe first a general framework for sieve, then discuss the classical applications to problems such as the Twin Prime Conjecture, and conclude with surveys of more unusual applications involving in particular general forms of the large sieve. Among these, we may discuss the work of W. Duke on torsion fields of elliptic curves, recent works on sieve in discrete groups (involving random walks and harmonic analysis on such groups), and sieve involving Frobenius conjugacy classes.

General Information

Language
English
Levels
BSC , DR , MSC

Examination

Type
session examination
Mode
oral 20 minutes

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture Sieve Methods and Applications
  • Wed 08:15-10:00 (HG G 26.5)
2 h weekly

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