An Elementary Approach to the Distribution of Primes by Prof. Leo Goldmakher, Monday, October 21
Mon, October 21st, 2019
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
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An Elementary Approach to the Distribution of Primes by Prof. Leo Goldmakher, Mathematics Colloquium, Monday, October 21, 1 – 1:45 pm, Stetson Court Classroom 110
Abstract: One of the most famous results in number theory is the Prime Number Theorem, which gives an approximation to how the primes are distributed amongst the positive integers. The proof of the Prime Number Theorem is not easy, and the most conceptually straightforward proof uses complex analysis. In this talk I’ll focus on a theorem that’s almost as good as the Prime Number Theorem, but whose proof uses little more than what’s covered in math 200.