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Harald Cramér and the distribution of prime numbers

1995/01/01 by Andrew Granville · 3 citations
Mathematics · #History and Theory of Mathematics #Probability and Statistical Research #Analytic Number Theory Research

paper · doi:10.1080/03461238.1995.10413946

openalex publication_date 1995/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

After the first world war, Cramér began studying the distribution of prime numbers, guided by Riesz and Mittag-Leffler. His works then, and later in the mid-thirties, have had a profound influence on the way mathematicians think about the distribution of prime numbers. In this article, we shall focus on how Cramer's ideas have directed and motivated research ever since.

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