Etymology

Elliott-Halberstam conjecture

Today it means: A conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions, having many applications in sieve theory. Full definition →

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

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