The Prime Number Theorem

by G.J.O. Jameson

Book Overview

At first glance the prime numbers appear to be distributed in a very irregular way amongst the integers, but it is possible to produce a simple formula that tells (in an approximate but well-defined sense) how many primes can be found that are less than any integer. The prime number theorem tells what this formula is and it is indisputably one of the the great classical theorems of mathematics. This textbook introduces the prime number theorem and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521814111
• ISBN13: 9780521814119
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"