Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elliott-halberstam conjecture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: el-liot-t-hal-ber-stam -con-jec-ture
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

9

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions, having many applications in sieve theory.

Etymology

Named for Peter D. T. A. Elliott and Heini Halberstam, who stated the conjecture in 1968.

Inflected Forms

the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture (canonical)

Questions

What does elliott-halberstam conjecture mean?: A conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions, having many applications in sieve theory.
Where does elliott-halberstam conjecture come from?: Named for Peter D. T. A. Elliott and Heini Halberstam, who stated the conjecture in 1968.

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