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An Introduction to Probabilistic Number Theory Emmanuel Kowalski (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich)

An Introduction to Probabilistic Number Theory By Emmanuel Kowalski (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich)

An Introduction to Probabilistic Number Theory by Emmanuel Kowalski (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich)


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Probabilistic number theory studies the many surprising interactions between whole numbers and the theory of random processes. This incisive textbook for beginning graduate students is the first to present and explain some of the most modern developments in the field, focusing on key examples and probabilistic ideas in the arguments.

An Introduction to Probabilistic Number Theory Summary

An Introduction to Probabilistic Number Theory by Emmanuel Kowalski (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich)

Despite its seemingly deterministic nature, the study of whole numbers, especially prime numbers, has many interactions with probability theory, the theory of random processes and events. This surprising connection was first discovered around 1920, but in recent years the links have become much deeper and better understood. Aimed at beginning graduate students, this textbook is the first to explain some of the most modern parts of the story. Such topics include the Chebychev bias, universality of the Riemann zeta function, exponential sums and the bewitching shapes known as Kloosterman paths. Emphasis is given throughout to probabilistic ideas in the arguments, not just the final statements, and the focus is on key examples over technicalities. The book develops probabilistic number theory from scratch, with short appendices summarizing the most important background results from number theory, analysis and probability, making it a readable and incisive introduction to this beautiful area of mathematics.

An Introduction to Probabilistic Number Theory Reviews

'an excellent resource for someone trying to enter the field of probabilistic number theory' Bookshelf by Notices of the American Mathematical Society
'The book contains many exercises and three appendices presenting the material from analysis, probability and number theory that is used. Certainly the book is a good read for a mathematicians interested in the interaction between probability theory and number theory. The techniques used in the book appear quite advanced to us, so we would recommend the book for students at a graduate but not at an undergraduate level.' Joerg Neunhauserer, Mathematical Reviews

About Emmanuel Kowalski (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich)

Emmanuel Kowalski is Professor in the Mathematics Department of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. He is the author of five previous books, including the widely cited Analytic Number Theory (2004) with H. Iwaniec, which is considered to be the standard graduate textbook for analytic number theory.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Classical probabilistic number theory; 3. The distribution of values of the Riemann zeta function, I; 4. The distribution of values of the Riemann zeta function, II; 5. The Chebychev bias; 6. The shape of exponential sums; 7. Further topics; Appendix A. Analysis; Appendix B. Probability; Appendix C. Number theory; References; Index.

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NPB9781108840965
9781108840965
1108840965
An Introduction to Probabilistic Number Theory by Emmanuel Kowalski (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich)
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Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2021-05-06
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