Speaker
Mehtaab Sawhney (Columbia)
Date
Mon, Feb 10 2025, 2:00pm
Location
383N
Abstract: Suppose that n is 0 or 4 mod 6. We show that there are infinitely many primes of the form p^2 + nq^2 with both p and q prime, and obtain an asymptotic for their number. In particular, when n = 4 we verify the `Gaussian primes conjecture' of Friedlander and Iwaniec.
Joint w. Ben Green (Oxford).