Mathematicians Uncover a New Way to Count Prime Numbers | Quanta Magazine
To make progress on one of number theory’s most elementary questions, two mathematicians turned to an unlikely source.
Hasnain says:
“Even more important, the work demonstrates that the Gowers norm can act as a powerful tool in a new domain. “Because it’s so new, at least in this part of number theory, there is potential to do a bunch of other things with it,” Friedlander said. Mathematicians now hope to broaden the scope of the Gowers norm even further — to try using it to solve other problems in number theory beyond counting primes.”
Posted on 2024-12-14T08:05:54+0000