Algebra/Number Theory Seminar

Understanding the distribution of primes in (very) short intervals

Andrew Granville, U Montreal

Monday, August 17th, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online. (See description for info.)

In joint work with Alyssa Lumley we explore the maximum number of primes in short intervals, both from a heuristic and a computational point-of-view. This leads naturally to questions in sieve theory and probability theory which we will also explore.

See the colloquium page for zoom link and password.

Event contact: dinesh dot thakur at rochester dot edu