Bombieri–Vinogradov theorem

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The Bombieri–Vinogradov theorem is a major result in analytic number theory that gives strong average estimates for the distribution of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions, approaching what is predicted by the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis.

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instanceOf theorem in analytic number theory
appearsIn research on distribution of primes in residue classes
research on prime gaps
appliesTo moduli q up to about x^{1/2} (with logarithmic savings)
approximationOf error term predicted by the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis on average over moduli
category results about primes in arithmetic progressions
comparedWith Siegel–Walfisz theorem NERFINISHED
concerns distribution of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions
error term in the prime number theorem for arithmetic progressions
domain prime numbers
field analytic number theory
generalizationOf classical average results for primes in arithmetic progressions
gives strong average estimates for primes in arithmetic progressions
hasConsequence improved bounds in sieve theory
results on small gaps between primes in arithmetic progressions
implies primes are well distributed in arithmetic progressions for most moduli up to about x^{1/2} (up to logarithmic factors)
improvesOn Siegel–Walfisz theorem on average over moduli NERFINISHED
inspired further work on distribution of primes in arithmetic progressions
involves Dirichlet L-functions NERFINISHED
Dirichlet characters NERFINISHED
sums over moduli q
isToolFor bounding error terms in arithmetic progression counting functions
namedAfter A. I. Vinogradov NERFINISHED
Enrico Bombieri NERFINISHED
provenBy A. I. Vinogradov NERFINISHED
Enrico Bombieri NERFINISHED
quantifies average deviation of π(x;q,a) from its expected value x/(φ(q) log x)
relatedTo Dirichlet primes in arithmetic progressions
Elliott–Halberstam conjecture NERFINISHED
Generalized Riemann Hypothesis NERFINISHED
requires zero-free regions for Dirichlet L-functions
standardReference Enrico Bombieri’s paper on the large sieve and its applications to number theory
Iwaniec and Kowalski, Analytic Number Theory NERFINISHED
status unconditionally proved theorem
strengthComparedTo comparable to the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis on average over moduli
weaker than the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis pointwise in the modulus
typeOfResult average result over moduli
usedIn analytic proofs of results about primes in short intervals
applications to additive problems involving primes
uses large sieve method
zero-density estimates for Dirichlet L-functions
yearProved 1965

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Enrico Bombieri knownFor Bombieri–Vinogradov theorem