The Hardy-Littlewood Method

by R. C. Vaughan

Overview

The Hardy-Littlewood method is a means of estimating the number of integer solutions of equations and was first applied to Waring's problem on representations of integers by sums of powers. This introduction to the method deals with its classical forms and outlines some of the more recent developments. Now in its second edition it has been fully updated; the author has made extensive revisions and added a new chapter to take account of major advances by Vaughan and Wooley. The reader is expected to be familiar with elementary number theory and postgraduate students should find it of great use as an advanced textbook. It will also be indispensable to all lecturers and research workers interested in number theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521573474
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/16/1997
Series:	Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics , #125
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and historical background; 2. The simplest upper bound for G(k); 3. Goldbach's problems; 4. The major arcs in Waring's problem; 5. Vinogradov's methods; 6. Davenport's methods; 7. Vinogradov's upper bound for G(k); 8. A ternary additive problem; 9. Homogenous equations and Birch's theorem; 10. A theorem of Roth; 11. Diophantine inequalities; 12. Wooley's upper bound for G(k); Bibliography.

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'Now in its second edition, it has been fully updated; extensive revisions have been made and a new chapter added to take account of major advances.' L'Enseignement Mathématique

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