Vinogradov's theorem
Teorema de Vinográdov
- Date
- 1937 · confidence medium
- Place
- Moscow, Russia
- Credited to
- Ivan Vinogradov
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
Ivan Vinogradov's proof that every sufficiently large odd integer can be written as the sum of three prime numbers, a weak form of Goldbach's conjecture.
What it led to
- Removal of the dependence on the generalized Riemann hypothesis in Hardy and Littlewood's earlier result
- Boost to the circle method in analytic number theory
- Precedent for the complete proof of the weak Goldbach conjecture (2013)