Number Theory Seminar
Efrat Bank
Tel Aviv University
Prime polynomial values of linear functions in short intervals.
Abstract: In this talk I will present a function field analogue of a conjecture in number theory. This conjecture is a combination of several famous conjectures, including the Hardy-Littlewood prime tuple conjecture, conjectures on the number of primes in arithmetic progressions and in short intervals, and the Goldbach conjecture. I prove an asymptotic formula for the number of simultaneous prime values of n linear functions, in the limit of a large finite field.
A key role is played by the computation of some Galois groups.
Thursday February 12, 2015 at 10:30 AM in SEO 427