Event Type
Seminar
Monday, February 22, 2021 12:30 PM
James Maynard (University of Oxford)

Abstract: Questions about the distribution of primes in an arithmetic progression are closely linked to the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis (GRH), which unfortunately appears out of reach. A very useful unconditional substitute for the GRH is the Bombieri-Vinogradov Theorem, which shows that the GRH is true 'on average’.

I'll talk about some recent results on primes in arithmetic progressions which goes beyond the Bombieri-Vinogradov Theorem, and corresponds to proving something stronger than the Riemann Hypothesis holds 'on average’.