The Wiener--Ikehara theorem by complex analysis.

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Publication date 2006
Journal Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Volume | Issue number 134 | 4
Pages (from-to) 1107-1116
Number of pages 10
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)
Abstract Abstract: The Tauberian theorem of Wiener and Ikehara provides the most direct way to the prime number theorem. Here it is shown how Newman's contour integration method can be adapted to establish the Wiener-Ikehara theorem. A simple special case suffices for the PNT. But what about the twin-prime problem?

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Published at https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-05-08060-3
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