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On the Selberg class of Dirichlet series: small weights
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In the study of Dirichlet series with arithmetic significance there has appeared (through the study of known examples) certain expectations, namely (i) if a functional equation and Euler product exists, then it is likely that a type of Riemann hypothesis will hold, (ii) that if in addition the function has a simple pol...
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2,201
Algorithms in algebraic number theory
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In this paper we discuss the basic problems of algorithmic algebraic number theory. The emphasis is on aspects that are of interest from a purely mathematical point of view, and practical issues are largely disregarded. We describe what has been done and, more importantly, what remains to be done in the area. We hope t...
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2,202
Additive functions on shifted primes
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Best possible bounds are obtained for the concentration function of an additive arithmetic function on sequences of shifted primes.
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2,203
Selberg's Conjectures and Artin $L$-functions
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The author reviews results and conjectures of Selberg on a class of Dirichlet series functions which share properties with the Riemann zeta function, and he relates this work to the theory of Artin L-functions.
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2,204
A report on Wiles' Cambridge lectures
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In lectures at the Newton Institute in June of 1993, Andrew Wiles announced a proof of a large part of the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture and, as a consequence, Fermat's Last Theorem. This report for nonexperts discusses the mathematics involved in Wiles' lectures, including the necessary background and the mathematical h...
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2,205
Mean values of Dedekind sums
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For a positive integer k and an arbitrary integer h, the Dedekind sum s(h,k) was first studied by Dedekind because of the prominent role it plays in the transformation theory of the Dedekind eta-function, which is a modular form of weight 1/2 for the full modular group SL_2(Z). There is an extensive literature about th...
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2,206
Zeta functions do not determine class numbers
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We show that two number fields with the same zeta function, and even with isomorphic adele rings, do not necessarily have the same class number.
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2,207
The Dimension of the Space of Cusp Forms of Weight One
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A new upper bound is given for the dimension of the space of holomorphic cusp forms of weight one and prime level $q$: $$ \hbox{dim}\, S_1(q) << q^{11/12} \log^4{q} $$ with an absolute implied constant.
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2,208
On Calculations of Zeros of Various L-functions
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As we have shown several years ago [Y2], zeros of $L(s, \Delta )$ and $L^(2)(s, \Delta )$ can be calculated quite efficiently by a certain experimental method. Here $\Delta$ denotes the cusp form of weight 12 with respect to SL$(2, Z)$ and $L(s, \Delta )$ (resp. $L^(2)(s, \Delta )$) denotes the standard (resp. symmetri...
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2,209
Conformal Characters and Theta Series
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We describe the construction of vector valued modular forms transforming under a given congruence representation of the modular group SL$(\bold Z)$ in terms of theta series. We apply this general setup to obtain closed and easily computable formulas for conformal characters of rational models of $W$-algebras.
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2,210
Mean Values of the Logarithmic Derivative of the zeta Function and the GUE Hypothesis
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The GUE Hypothesis, which concerns the distribution of zeros of the Riemann zeta-function, is used to evaluate some integrals involving the logarithmic derivative of the zeta-function. Some connections are shown between the GUE Hypothesis and other conjectures.
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2,211
Generalized Kummer congruences and $p$-adic families of motives
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We describe some new general constructions of $p$-adic $L$-functions attached to certain arithmetically defined complex $L$-functions coming from motives over $\bold Q$ with coefficiens in a number field $T$, with $[T:\bold Q]<\infty$. These constructions are equivalent to proving some generalized Kummer congruences fo...
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2,212
Galois representations and modular forms
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In this article, I discuss material which is related to the recent proof of Fermat's Last Theorem: elliptic curves, modular forms, Galois representations and their deformations, Frey's construction, and the conjectures of Serre and of Taniyama--Shimura.
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2,213
Families of curves and weight distributions of codes
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In this expository paper we show how one can, in a uniform way, calculate the weight distributions of some well-known binary cyclic codes. The codes are related to certain families of curves, and the weight distributions are related to the distribution of the number of rational points on the curves.
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2,214
Polynomials involving the floor function
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Some identities are presented that generalize the formula x^3 = 3x floor(x floor(x)) - 3 floor(x) floor(x floor(x)) + floor(x)^3 + 3 frac(x) frac(x floor(x)) + frac(x)^3 to a representation of the product x_0x_1 ... x_{n-1}.
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2,215
On the Mumford-Tate conjecture for abelian varieties with reduction conditions
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We study monodromy action on abelian varieties satisfying certain bad reduction conditions. These conditions allow us to get some control over the Galois image. As a consequence we verify the Mumford--Tate conjecture for such abelian varieties.
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2,216
Torsion in Rank-1 Drinfeld Modules and the Uniform Boundedness Conjecture
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It is conjectured that for fixed $A$, $r \ge 1$, and $d \ge 1$, there is a uniform bound on the size of the torsion submodule of a Drinfeld $A$-module of rank $r$ over a degree $d$ extension $L$ of the fraction field $K$ of $A$. We verify the conjecture for $r=1$, and more generally for Drinfeld modules having potentia...
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2,217
On the central critical value of the triple product L-function
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We compute the central critical value of the triple product $L$-function associated to three cusp forms $f_1,f_2,f_3$ with trivial character for groups $\Gamma_0(N_i)$ with square free levels $N_i$ not all of which are $1$ and weights $k_i$ satisfying $k_1\ge k_2\ge k_3$ and $k_1<k_2+k_3$. This generalizes work of Gros...
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2,218
On the equation $a^p + 2^alpha b^p + c^p =0$
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We discuss the equation $a^p + 2^\a b^p + c^p =0$ in which $a$, $b$, and $c$ are non-zero relatively prime integers, $p$ is an odd prime number, and $\a$ is a positive integer. The technique used to prove Fermat's Last Theorem shows that the equation has no solutions with $\a>1$ or $b$ even. When $\a=1$ and $b$ is odd,...
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2,219
Fractional Power Series and Pairings on Drinfeld Modules
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Let $C$ be an algebraically closed field containing the finite field $F_q$ and complete with respect to an absolute value $|\;|$. We prove that under suitable constraints on the coefficients, the series $f(z) = \sum_{n \in \Z} a_n z^{q^n}$ converges to a surjective, open, continuous $F_q$-linear homomorphism $C \righta...
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2,220
Cycles of Quadratic Polynomials and Rational Points on a Genus-Two Curve
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It has been conjectured that for $N$ sufficiently large, there are no quadratic polynomials in $\bold Q[z]$ with rational periodic points of period $N$. Morton proved there were none with $N=4$, by showing that the genus~$2$ algebraic curve that classifies periodic points of period~4 is birational to $X_1(16)$, whose r...
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2,221
A note on the fourth power moment of the Riemann zeta-function
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We give explicit formulae for all of the terms in the asymptotic expansion of the mean fourth power of the Riemann zeta-function on the critical line.
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2,222
Siegel Modular Forms and Theta Series attached to quaternion algebras II
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We continue our study of Yoshida's lifting, which associates to a pair of automorphic forms on the adelic multiplicative group of a quaternion algebra a Siegel modular form of degree 2. We consider here the case that the automorphic forms on the quaternion algebra correspond to modular forms of arbitrary even weights a...
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2,223
On vanishing sums for roots of unity
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Consider the $m$-th roots of unity in {\bf C}, where $m>0$ is an integer. We address the following question: For what values of $n$ can one find $n$ such $m$-th roots of unity (with repetitions allowed) adding up to zero? We prove that the answer is exactly the set of linear combinations with non-negative integer coeff...
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2,224
A Truncated Integral of the Poisson Summation Formula
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Let $G$ be a reductive algebraic group defined over $\bQ$, with anisotropic centre. Given a rational action of $G$ on a finite-dimensional vector space $V$, we analyze the truncated integral of the theta series corresponding to a Schwartz-Bruhat function on $V(\bA)$. The Poisson summation formula then yields an identit...
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2,225
Modular forms on GL(3) and Galois representations
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This paper gives an expository account of our experiments concerning relations between modular forms for congruence subgroups of SL(3,Z) and three dimensional Galois representations. The main new result presented here is a calculation of the variations of the Hodge structure corresponding to the motives we consider in ...
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2,226
Nevanlinna Theory and Rational Points
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S. Lang conjectured in 1974 that a hyperbolic algebraic variety defined over a number field has only finitely many rational points, and its analogue over function fields. We discuss the Nevanlinna-Cartan theory over function fields of arbitrary dimension and apply it for Diophantine property of hyperbolic projective hy...
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2,227
On Holomorphic Curves in Semi-Abelian Varieties
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The algebraic degeneracy of holomorphic curves in a semi-Abelian variety omitting a divisor is proved (Lang's conjecture generalized to semi-Abelian varieties) by making use of the {\it jet-projection method} and the logarithmic Wronskian jet differential after Siu-Yeung. We also prove a structure theorem for the locus...
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2,228
On vanishing sums of $\,m\,$th roots of unity in finite fields
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In an earlier work, the authors have determined all possible weights $n$ for which there exists a vanishing sum $\zeta_1+\cdots +\zeta_n=0$ of $m$th roots of unity $\zeta_i$ in characteristic 0. In this paper, the same problem is studied in finite fields of characteristic $p$. For given $m$ and $p$, results are obtaine...
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2,229
The distribution of the eigenvalues of Hecke operators
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For each prime $p$, we determine the distribution of the $p^{th}$ Fourier coefficients of the Hecke eigenforms of large weight for the full modular group. As $p\to\infty$, this distribution tends to the Sato--Tate distribution.
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2,230
p-adic measures and square roots of triple product L-functions
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Let p be a prime number, and let f, g, and h be three modular forms of weights $\kappa$, $\lambda$, and $\mu$ for $SL(2,\Bbb{Z})$. We suppose $\kappa \geq \lambda + \mu$. In joint work with Kudla, one of the authors obtained a formula for the normalized {\it square root} of the value at $s = {1/2}(\kappa + \lambda + \m...
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2,231
Fourier coefficients of half-integral weight modular forms modulo ell
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For each prime $\ell$, let $|\cdot|_\ell$ be an extension to $\bar \Q$ of the usual $\ell$-adic absolute value on $\Q$. Suppose $g(z) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty c(n)q^n \in M_{k+\half}(N)$ is an eigenform whose Fourier coefficients are algebraic integers. Under a mild condition, for all but finitely many primes $\ell$ there a...
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2,232
Small generators of number fields
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This is a revised version of ANT-0045. If K is a number field of degree n with discriminant D, if K=Q(a) then H(a)>c(n)|D|^(1/(2n-2)) where H(a) is the height of the minimal polynomial of a. We ask if one can always find a generator a of K such that d(n)|D|^(1/(2n-2))>H(a) holds. The answer is yes for real quadratic ...
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2,233
On a Refined Stark Conjecture for Function Fields
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We prove that a refinement of Stark's Conjecture formulated by Rubin is true up to primes dividing the order of the Galois group, for finite, abelian extensions of function fields over finite fields. We also show that in the case of constant field extensions a statement stronger than Rubin's holds true.
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2,234
Gras-Type Conjectures for Function Fields
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Based on results obtained in a companion paper [MSRI preprint 1997-002], we construct groups of special $S$--units for function fields of characteristic $p>0$, and show that they satisfy Gras--type Conjectures. We use these results in order to give a new proof of Chinburg's $\Omega_3$--Conjecture on the Galois module s...
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2,235
The Frobenius and monodromy operators for curves and abelian varieties
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In this paper, we give explicit descriptions of Hyodo and Kato's Frobenius and Monodromy operators on the first $p$-adic de Rham cohomology groups of curves and Abelian varieties with semi-stable reduction over local fields of mixed characteristic. This paper was motivated by the first author's paper "A $p$-adic Shimur...
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2,236
On weights of $l$-adic representation
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Let $J$ be an abelian variety over a number field such that the center of its endomorphism ring is equal to the ring of integers. If the endomorphism ring splits at a prime number $l$, then the $l$-adic representation is defined by the minuscule weights (microweights) of simple classical Lie algebras.
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2,237
Characteristic p Galois representations that are produced by Drinfeld
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We examine which representations of the absolute Galois group of a field of finite characteristic with image over a finite field of the same characteristic may be constructed by the Galois group's action on the division points of an appropriate Drinfeld module.
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2,238
Explicit exponential maps for Hecke characters at ordinary primes
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In this paper we establish the explicit exponential map for the Galois representation from a Hecke character at an ordinary prime. Such explicit maps are important in verifying the Bloch-Kato conjecture for Hecke characters.
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2,239
On Bloch-Kato's Tamagawa number conjecture for Hecke characters of imaginary quadratic number fields
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This is essentially the author's thesis submited to The University of Chicago (May 1997). I prove the validity of Tamagawa number conjecture of Bloch-Kato for certain Hecke characters. I study the exponential map and local Tamagawa number for all odd primes (both ordinary and supersingular), using Kato's explicit rec...
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2,240
Sur le rang de J_0(q)
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In this paper, we prove an unconditionnal bound for the analytic rank (i.e the order of vanishing at the critical point of the $L$ function) of the new part $J^n_0(q)$, of the jacobian of the modular curve $X_0(q)$. Our main resultis the following upper bound: for $q$ prime, one has $$rank_a(J_0^n(q))\ll \dim J_0^n(q)$...
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2,241
Sur les zeros des fonctions L automorphes
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We study, on average over f, zeros of the L-functions of primitive weight two forms of level q (fixed). We prove, on the one hand, density theorems for the zeros (similar to the results of Bombieri, Jutila, Motohashi, Selberg in the case of characters), which are applied in \cite{KM} to obtain a sharp unconditionnal es...
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2,242
An estimate for the multiplicity of binary recurrences
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In this paper we improve drastically the estimate for the multiplicity of a binary recurrence. The main contribution comes from an effective version of the Faltings' Product Theorem.
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2,243
Formal groups, elliptic curves, and some theorems of Couveignes
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The formal group law of an elliptic curve has seen recent applications to computational algebraic geometry in the work of Couveignes to compute the order of an elliptic curve over finite fields of small characteristic. The purpose of this paper is to explain in an elementary way how to associate a formal group law to a...
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2,244
Elementary background in elliptic curves
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This paper gives additional background in algebraic geometry as an accompaniment to the article, ``Formal Groups, Elliptic Curves, and some Theorems of Couveignes'' [arXiv:math.NT/9708215]. Section 1 discusses the addition law on elliptic curves, and Sections 2 and 3 explain about function fields, uniformizers, and pow...
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2,245
Variations of Hodge-de Rham structure and elliptic modular units
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This is a revised version of ANT-0049. Given an elliptic curve E --> B over a base B with zero section i, we denote, letting E':= E - i(B), by L(E) the Q-vector space with basis ({s}, s \in E'(B)). Assume that B is smooth and separated over a field of characteristic 0. On the lowest step, the weak version of the elli...
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2,246
Elliptic curves of high rank over function fields
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By the Mordell-Weil theorem the group of Q(z)-rational points of an elliptic curve is finitely generated. It is not known whether the rank of this group can get arbitrary large as the curve varies. Mestre and Nagao have constructed examples of elliptic curves E with rank at least 13. In this paper a method is explain...
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2,247
Separability, multi-valued operators, and zeroes of L-functions
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Let $\k$ be a global function field in 1-variable over a finite extension of $\Fp$, $p$ prime, $\infty$ a fixed place of $\k$, and $\A$ the ring of functions of $\k$ regular outside of $\infty$. Let $E$ be a Drinfeld module or $T$-module. Then, as in \cite{go1}, one can construct associated characteristic $p$ $L$-funct...
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2,248
Remarks on normal bases
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We prove that any Galois extension of commutative rings with normal basis and abelian Galois group of odd order has a self dual normal basis. Also we show that if S/R is an unramified extension of number rings with Galois group of odd order and $R$ is totally real then the normal basis does not exist for S/R.
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2,249
Torsion points on y^2=x^6+1
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Let C be the curve y^2=x^6+1 of genus 2 over a field of characteristic zero. Consider C embedded in its Jacobian J by sending one of the points at infinity on C to the origin of J. In this brief note we show that the points of C whose image on J are torsion are precisely the two points at infinity and the six points wi...
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2,250
A double complex for computing the sign-cohomology of the universal ordinary distribution
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We give a new method for solving a problem originally solved about 20 years ago by Sinnott and Kubert, namely that of computing the cohomology of the universal ordinary distribution with respect to the action of the two-element group generated by complex conjugation. We develop the method in sufficient generality so as...
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2,251
Computing all S-integral points on elliptic curves
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In this note we combine the advantages of the methods of Siegel-Baker-Coates and of Lang-Zagier for the computation of S-integral points on elliptic curves in Weierstrass normal form over the rationals. In this way we are able to overcome the absence of an explicit lower bound for linear forms in q-adic elliptic logari...
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2,252
Formes modulaires p-adiques
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This is the text of a talk to the study week on \emph{Modular forms and Galois representations} held in Luminy, 1997. We give a survey of $p$-adic modular forms, as developped by Serre, Katz, Hida, Wiles, Coleman and others...
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2,253
Quadratic minima and modular forms
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We give upper bounds on the size of the gap between the constant term and the next non-zero Fourier coefficient of an entire modular form of given weight for \Gamma_0(2). Numerical evidence indicates that a sharper bound holds for the weights h \equiv 2 . We derive upper bounds for the minimum positive integer represen...
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2,254
Corestriction Principle in non-abelian Galois cohomology
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This is a revision of a McMaster University preprint, with extension. In this paper we prove that over local or global fields of characteristic 0, the Corestriction Principle holds for kernel and image of all maps which are connecting maps in group cohomology and the groups of $R$-equivalences. Some related questions...
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2,255
The Riemann Hypothesis for the Goss zeta function for F_q[T]
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Let q be a power of a prime p. We prove an assertion of Carlitz which takes q as parameter. Diaz-Vargas' proof of the Riemann Hypothesis for the Goss zeta function for F_p[T] depends on his verification of Carlitz's assertion for the specific case q = p. Our proof of the general case allows us to extend Diaz-Vargas' pr...
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2,256
Economical numbers
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A number $n$ is said to be economical if the prime power factorisation of $n$ can be written with no more digits than $n$ itself. We show that under a plausible hypothesis, related to the twin prime conjecture, there are arbitrarily long sequences of consecutive economial numbers, and exhibit such a sequence of length ...
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2,257
On Atkin-Lehner quotients of Shimura curves
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Poonen and Stoll have shown that the reduced Shafarevich-Tate group of a principally polarized abelian variety over a global field can have order twice a square (the odd case) as well as a square (the even case). For a curve over a global field, they give a local diophantine criterion for its jacobian to be even or odd...
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2,258
The Carmichael numbers up to $10^{16}$
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We extend our previous computations to show that there are 246683 Carmichael numbers up to $10^{16}$. As before, the numbers were generated by a back-tracking search for possible prime factorisations together with a ``large prime variation''. We present further statistics on the distribution of Carmichael numbers.
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2,259
Torsion points of abelian varieties in abelian extensions
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Let A be an abelian variety defined over a number field K and let Kab be the maximal abelian extension of K. We show that there only finitely many torsion points of A which are defined over Kab iff A has no abelian subvariety with complex multiplication over K. We use this to give another proof of Ribet's result that A...
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2,260
Selmer groups and the Eisenstein-Klingen ideal
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In this article, we set up a strategy to prove one divisibility towards the main Iwasawa conjecture for the Selmer groups attached to the twisted adjoint modular Galois representations associated to Hida families. This conjecture asserts the equality of the p-adic L-function interpoling the critical values of the symme...
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2,261
The Smallest Solution of φ(30n+1)<φ(30n) is ...
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It is known that there are infinitely many solutions to the inequality \phi(30n+1)<\phi(30n), where \phi is the familiar Euler totient function. However, there are no solutions with n<20,000,000, and computing a solution would seem to involve factoring integers with hundreds of digits. In this note, we describe how to ...
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2,262
Dense Egyptian Fractions
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Every positive rational number has representations as Egyptian fractions (sums of reciprocals of distinct positive integers) with arbitrarily many terms and with arbitrarily large denominators. However, such representations normally use a very sparse subset of the positive integers up to the largest demoninator. We sho...
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2,263
Solubility of Systems of Quadratic Forms
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We derive an upper bound for the least number of variables needed to guarantee that a system of t quadratic forms (t>=2) over a field F has a nontrivial zero. In particular, if F is a local field, then 2t^2+3 variables insure the existence of a nontrivial zero (2t^2+1 if t is even), while if F=Q_p with p>=11, then 2t^2...
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2,264
On Tate-Shafarevich groups of abelian varieties
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Let $K/F$ be a finite Galois extension of number fields with Galois group $G$, let $A$ be an abelian variety defined over $F$, and let ${\cyr W}(A_{^{/ K}})$ and ${\cyr W}(A_{^{/ F}})$ denote, respectively, the Tate-Shafarevich groups of $A$ over $K$ and of $A$ over $F$. Assuming that these groups are finite, we derive...
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2,265
Computation of a universal deformation ring
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We compute the universal deformation ring of an odd Galois two dimensional representation of Gal$(M/Q)$ with an upper triangular image, where $M$ is the maximal abelian pro-$p$-extension of $F_{\infty}$ unramified outside a finite set of places S, $F_{\infty}$ being a free pro-$p$-extension of a subextension $F$ of the...
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2,266
Diophantine triples and construction of high-rank elliptic curves
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Using the theory of Diophantine m-tuples, i.e. sets with the property that the product of its any two distinct elements increased by 1 is a perfect square, we construct an elliptic curve over Q(t) of rank at least 4 with three non-trivial torsion points. By specialization, we obtain an example of elliptic curve over Q ...
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2,267
A more general abc conjecture
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This note formulates a conjecture generalizing both the abc conjecture of Masser-Oesterl\'e and the author's diophantine conjecture for algebraic points of bounded degree. It also shows that the new conjecture is implied by the earlier conjecture. As with most of the author's conjectures, this new conjecture stems fr...
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2,268
Abelian varieties with complex multiplication (for pedestrians)
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This is the text of an article that I wrote and disseminated in September 1981, except that I've updated the references, corrected a few misprints, and added a table of contents, some footnotes, and an addendum. The original article gave a simplified exposition of Deligne's extension of the Main Theorem of Complex Mu...
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2,269
On Néron models, divisors and modular curves
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Let $p$ be a prime number such that the modular curve $X_0(p)$ has genus at least two. We show that the only points of the reduction mod $p$ of $X_0(p)$ with image in the reduction mod $p$ of $J_0(p)$ in the cuspidal group are the two cusps. This answers a question of Robert Coleman. For the proof we give a description...
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2,270
$F_q$-Linear Calculus over Function Fields
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We define analogues of higher derivatives for $F_q$-linear functions over the field of formal Laurent series with coefficients in $F_q$. This results in a formula for Taylor coefficients of a $F_q$-linear holomorphic function, a definition of classes of $F_q$-linear smooth functions which are characterized in terms of ...
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2,271
Lower Bounds for the Number of Smooth Values of a Polynomial
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We investigate the problem of showing that the values of a given polynomial are smooth (i.e., have no large prime factors) a positive proportion of the time. Although some results exist that bound the number of smooth values of a polynomial from above, a corresponding lower bound of the correct order of magnitude has h...
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2,272
The Least Prime Primitive Root and the Shifted Sieve
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We derive, for all prime moduli p except those in a very thin set, an upper bound for the least prime primitive root (mod p) of order of magnitude a constant power of log p. The improvement over previous results, where the upper bound was log p to an exponent tending to infinity with p, lies in the use of the linear si...
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2,273
Uniform Bounds for the Least Almost-Prime Primitive Root
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We investigate, using the weighted linear sieve, the distribution of almost-primes among the residue classes (mod p) that generate the multiplicative group of reduced residue classes. We are concerned with finding an upper bound for the least prime or almost-prime primitive root (mod p) that holds uniformly for all p, ...
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2,274
Farmer Ted Goes Natural
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A traditional "Farmer Ted" calculus problem is to minimize the perimeter of a rectangular chicken coop given the area N, so that as little as possible will be spent on the fencing. But what if N is an integer, and we are only allowed to consider rectangles with integer side lengths? Often it will be more cost-effective...
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2,275
A conjecture for the sixth power moment of the Riemann zeta-function
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The authors conjecture an asymptotic expression for the sixth power moment of the Riemann zeta function. They establish related results on the asymptotics of the zeta function that support the conjecture.
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2,276
Integer solutions of a sequence of decomposable form inequalities
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In this paper, we prove the finiteness of the number of integer solutions of the decomposable form inequalities. We also study the number of integer solutions of a sequence of decomposable form inequalities.
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2,277
A peculiar modular form of weight one
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In this paper we construct a modular form f of weight one attached to an imaginary quadratic field K. This form, which is non-holomorphic and not a cusp form, has several curious properties. Its negative Fourier coefficients are non-zero precisely for neqative integers -n such that n >0 is a norm from K, and these coef...
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2,278
Group structures of elementary supersingular abelian varieties over finite fields
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Let A be a supersingular abelian variety over a finite field k. We give an approximate description of the structure of the group A(k) of rational points of A over k in terms of the characteristic polynomial f of the Frobenius endomorphism of A relative to k. If f=g^e for a monic irreducible polynomial g and a positive ...
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2,279
Some cases of the Fontaine-Mazur conjecture, II
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This is an updated and extended version of ANT-0024. We prove more special cases of the Fontaine-Mazur conjecture regarding p-adic Galois representations unramified at p, and we present evidence for and consequences of a generalization of it.
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2,280
Counterexamples to a conjecture of Lemmermeyer
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We produce infinitely many finite 2-groups that do not embed with index 2 in any group generated by involutions. This disproves a conjecture of Lemmermeyer and restricts the possible Galois groups of unramified 2-extensions, Galois over the rationals, of quadratic number fields.
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2,281
Modular symbols for Q-rank one groups and Voronoi reduction
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We present an algorithm to compute the action of the Hecke operators on the top dimensional integral cohomology of certain torsion-free arithmetic subgroups of algebraic groups of Q-rank one. This generalizes the modular symbol algorithm to a setting including Bianchi groups and Hilbert modular groups. In addition, we ...
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2,282
Symplectic modular symbols
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Let K be a number field with euclidean ring of integers O. Let G be a finite-index torsion-free subgroup of Sp(2n, O). We exhibit a finite, geometrically defined spanning set of the top dimensional integral cohomology of G by generalizing the modular symbol algorithm of Ash and Rudolph.
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2,283
The Explicit Formula and a Propagator
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I give a new derivation of the Explicit Formula for the general number field K, which treats all primes in exactly the same way, whether they are discrete or archimedean, and also ramified or not. In another token, I advance a probabilistic interpretation of Weil's positivity criterion, as opposed to the usual geometri...
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Finiteness of minimal modular symbols for SL(n)
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Let K be a number field with ring of integers O, and let G be a finite-index subgroup of SL(n,O). Using a classical construction from the geometry of numbers and the theory of modular symbols, we exhibit a finite spanning set for the highest nonvanishing rational cohomology group of G.
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Difference subgroups of commutative algebraic groups over finite fields
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The work of Chatzidakis and Hrushovski on the model theory of difference fields in characteristic zero showed that groups defined by difference equations have a very restricted structure. Recent work of Chatzidakis, Hrushovski and Peterzil [CHP] extends the class of difference fields for which this sort of result is kn...
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Iwasawa theory for elliptic curves
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We study this subject by first proving that the p-primary subgroup of the classical Selmer group for an elliptic curve with good, ordinary reduction at a prime p has a very simple and elegant description which involves just the Galois module of p-power torsion points. We then prove theorems of Mazur, Schneider, and Per...
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Explicit classification for torsion subgroups of rational points of elliptic curves
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The classification of elliptic curves E over the rationals Q is studied according to their torsion subgroups E_{tors}(Q) of rational points. Explicit criteria for the classification are given when E_{tors}(Q) are cyclic groups with even orders. The generator points P of E_{tors}(Q) are also explicitly presented in each...
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Steinitz class of Mordell groups of elliptic curves with complex multiplication
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Let E be an elliptic curve having Complex Multiplication by the full ring O_K of integers of K=Q(\sqrt{-D}), let H=K(j(E)) be the Hilbert class field of K. Then the Mordell-Weil group E(H) is an O_K-module, and its structure denpends on its Steinitz class St(E), which is studied here. In partucular, when D is a prime n...
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On relations between Jacobians of certain modular curves
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The topic of this paper concerns a certain relation between the jacobians of various quotients of the modular curve $X(p)$, which relates the jacobian of the quotient of $X(p)$ by the normaliser of a non-split Cartan subgroup of $GL_2(F_p)$ to the jacobians of more standard modular curves. In this paper, we confirm a c...
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Large torsion subgroups of split Jacobians of curves of genus two or three
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We construct examples of families of curves of genus 2 or 3 over Q whose Jacobians split completely and have various large rational torsion subgroups. For example, the rational points on a certain elliptic surface over P^1 of positive rank parameterize a family of genus-2 curves over Q whose Jacobians each have 128 rat...
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Safarevic's theorem on solvable groups as Galois groups
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In this paper we present a complete proof of I.R.Safarevic's famous theorem that every finite solvable group occurs as a Galois group over Q.
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Congruences between Selmer groups
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In this paper we study when two congruent $l$-adic Galois representations have congruent Selmer groups. We obtain results for representations from cyclotomic characters, Hecke characters and adjoints of modular forms.
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The Explicit Formula in simple terms
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This is a semi-expository paper on the easier aspects of the Explicit Formula for the Riemann Zeta Function. The topics reviewed here include: Weil's criterion for the Riemann Hypothesis and its probabilistic interpretation, various formulations of the contribution corresponding to the real place, Haran's version of th...
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The cubic moment of central values of automorphic L-functions
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The authors study the central values of L-functions in certain families; in particular they bound the sum of the cubes of these values.Contents:
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Bounding the torsion in CM elliptic curves
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Merel has shown that the order of torsion subgroup of an elliptic curve over a number field can be bounded in terms of only the degree of the number field. The purpose of this note is to investigate what could be the `right bound'. In this paper we use the result of Deuring on the supersingular primes for a CM ellipt...
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Explicit upper bound for the rank of J_0(q)
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We provide, on the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, an explicit upper bound for the rank of the Mordell-Weil group of the Jacobian of the modular curve X_0(q) for q prime large enough, namely rank J_0(q)< 6.5 dim J_0(q). The file j0q-pari.dvi contains the .dvi version of the commented listing of the Pari/GP prog...
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Number fields with discriminant +-2^a 3^b: Examples from three point covers
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In this paper we construct number fields ramified at 2 and 3 only, with various moderate-sized non-solvable Galois groups. We construct these fields by specializing three point covers, some from the literature and some new here. The specialization points come from solutions to a generalized Fermat equation. We conclude...
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Spectral Analysis of the local Conductor Operator
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The conductor operator acts on a function through multiplying it with the logarithm of the norm of the variable both in position and in momentum space and adding the outcomes. It makes sense at each completion of an arbitrary number field and arose in previous papers by the author where it was shown to be intimately co...
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On the nonasymptotic prime number distribution
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The objective of this paper is to introduce an approach to the study of the nonasymptotic distribution of prime numbers. The natural numbers are represented by theorem 1 in the matrix form ^2N. The first column of the infinite matrix ^2N starts with the unit and contains all composite numbers in ascending order.The inf...
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