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Elliott-Halberstam conjecture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions, having many applications in sieve theory.

Word forms

Elliott-Halberstam conjecture the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture

Etymology

Named for Peter D. T. A. Elliott and Heini Halberstam, who stated the conjecture in 1968.

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