401-3100-68L  Introduction to Analytic Number Theory

SemesterHerbstsemester 2018
DozierendeI. N. Petrow
Periodizitäteinmalige Veranstaltung
LehrspracheEnglisch


KurzbeschreibungThis course is an introduction to classical multiplicative analytic number theory. The main object of study is the distribution of the prime numbers in the integers. We will study arithmetic functions and learn the basic tools for manipulating and calculating their averages. We will make use of generating series and tools from complex analysis.
LernzielThe main goal for the course is to prove the prime number theorem in arithmetic progressions: If gcd(a,q)=1, then the number of primes p = a mod q with p<x is approximately (1/phi(q))*(x/log x), as x tends to infinity, where phi(q) is the Euler totient function.
InhaltDeveloping the necessary techniques and theory to prove the prime number theorem in arithmetic progressions will lead us to the study of prime numbers by Chebyshev's method, to study techniques for summing arithmetic functions by Dirichlet series, multiplicative functions, L-series, characters of a finite abelian group, theory of integral functions, and a detailed study of the Riemann zeta function and Dirichlet's L-functions.
SkriptLecture notes will be provided for the course.
LiteraturMultiplicative Number Theory by Harold Davenport
Multiplicative Number Theory I. Classical Theory by Hugh L. Montgomery and Robert C. Vaughan
Analytic Number Theory by Henryk Iwaniec and Emmanuel Kowalski
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesComplex analysis
Group theory
Linear algebra
Familiarity with the Fourier transform and Fourier series preferable but not required.