Brun's theorem
Criba de Brun
- Date
- 1919 · confidence high
- Place
- Oslo, Norway
- Credited to
- Viggo Brun
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
Viggo Brun's proof that the sum of the reciprocals of the twin primes converges to a finite value (Brun's constant), a result that introduced sieve methods into number theory.
What it led to
- Birth of modern sieve theory
- Tool later used in approaches to Goldbach's conjecture
- Brun's constant as an object of study in its own right