"Selberg sieve" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Selberg sieves [plural]
Etymology: Developed by Atle Selberg in the 1940s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Selberg sieve (plural Selberg sieves)
  1. (number theory) A technique for estimating the size of sifted sets of positive integers that satisfy a set of conditions expressed by congruences. Wikipedia link: Atle Selberg, Selberg sieve Categories (topical): Number theory
    Sense id: en-Selberg_sieve-en-noun-TEZ-buac Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences

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