Number Theory Seminar
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Department of Mathematics
- Location
- Altgeld Hall 347
- Date
- Feb 13, 2024 11:00 - 11:50 am
- Speaker
- Kevin Ford (UIUC)
- Contact
- Jesse Thorner and Yuan Liu
- jat9@illinois.edu and yyyliu@illinois.edu
- Views
- 60
- Originating Calendar
- Number Theory Seminar Calendar
Title: Toward a theory of prime detecting sieves
Abstract: I will give a gentle introduction to the "Type-I/Type-II" sieves that have in recent years been successful at detecting primes in difficult sequences, and recent work with James Maynard to develop a systematic theory for such sieves.