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计算素数的最佳方法是什么?

What is the best approach to counting primes?

Andrew Granville

摘要:

只要人们学习数学,他们就想知道有多少个素数。得到精确的答案是一个众所周知的难题,由于黎曼,第一个合适的技术激发了大量伟大的数学,技术和见解渗透到许多不同的领域。在这篇文章中,我们将回顾一些计数素数的最佳技术,围绕黎曼的开创性论文进行讨论。我们将继续讨论它的局限性,然后是最近用一个明显更简单的理论来取代黎曼理论的努力。

英文摘要:

As long as people have studied mathematics, they have wanted to know how many primes there are. Getting precise answers is a notoriously difficult problem, and the first suitable technique, due to Riemann, inspired an enormous amount of great mathematics, the techniques and insights permeating many different fields. In this article we will review some of the best techniques for counting primes, centering our discussion around Riemann's seminal paper. We will go on to discuss its limitations, and then recent efforts to replace Riemann's theory with one that is significantly simpler.

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