Sieve Methods Learning Seminar

Ertan Elma, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Brun's Sieve"

First, we will have a look at Brun's Main Theorem (section 6.2 of the book An Introduction to Sieve Methods and Their  Applications, by R. Murty, C. Cojojaru) and then prove that there are  infinitely many natural numbers n such that n and n+2 have at most 7  prime factors.

MC 5403