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问题在问什么

In the previous set of notes , we saw how zero-density theorems for the Riemann zeta function, when combined with the zero-free region of Vinogradov and Korobov, could be used to obtain prime number theorems in short intervals. It turns out that a more sophisticated version of this type of argument also works to obtain prime number theorems in arithmetic progressions, in particular establishing the celebrated theorem of Linnik :

Theorem 1 (Linnik’s theorem) Let be a primitive residue class. Then contains a prime with .

已知结果和反例

In fact it is known that one can find a prime with , a result of Xylouris . For sake of comparison, recall from Exercise 65 of Notes 2 that the Siegel-Walfisz theorem gives this theorem with a bound of , and from Exercise 48 of Notes 2 one can obtain a bound of the form if one assumes the generalised Riemann hypothesis. The probabilistic random models from Supplement 4 suggest that one should in fact be able to take .

We will not aim to obtain the optimal exponents for Linnik’s theorem here, and follow the treatment in Chapter 18 of Iwaniec and Kowalski . We will in fact establish the following more quantitative result (a special case of a more powerful theorem of Gallagher ), which splits into two cases, depending on whether there is an exceptional zero or not:

证明或构造的主线

Theorem 2 (Quantitative Linnik theorem) Let be a primitive residue class for some . For any , let denote the quantity

for all and some absolute constant . (ii) (Exceptional zero) If there is a zero of an -function of a real character of modulus with for some sufficiently small , then

阅读时建议盯住的点

for all and some absolute constant . The implied constants here are effective.

Note from the Landau-Page theorem (Exercise 54 from Notes 2 ) that at most one exceptional zero exists (if is small enough). A key point here is that the error term in the exceptional zero case is an improvement over the error term when no exceptional zero is present; this compensates for the potential reduction in the main term coming from the term. The splitting into cases depending on whether an exceptional zero exists or not turns out to be an essential technique in many

值得单独记下的条目

• (i) (No exceptional zero) If all the real zeroes of -functions of real characters of modulus are such that , then for all and some absolute constant .
• (ii) (Exceptional zero) If there is a zero of an -function of a real character of modulus with for some sufficiently small , then for all and some absolute constant .
• (i) If is not equal to or the principal character, then
• (ii) If is equal to or the principal character, then

阅读和落地时建议先做的 5 件事

1. 用自己的语言重写定义和结论，不看原文能不能说清对象是什么。
2. 找一个最小反例或边界情形，确认假设少一条会怎样。
3. 把证明拆成可独立检验的引理，每步只保留一个新想法。
4. 若涉及计算或形式化，先写可复现的小例子，再谈一般情形。
5. 记下尚未解决的缺口：缺估计、缺构造，还是缺正确的范畴。

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