This book gives a problem-solving approach to the difficult subject of analytic number theory. It is primarily aimed at graduate students and senior undergraduates. The goal is to provide a rapid introduction to analytic methods and the ways in which they are used to study the distribution of prime numbers. The book also includes an introduction to p-adic analytic methods. It is ideal for a first course in analytic number theory. The new edition has been completely rewritten, errors have been corrected, and there is a new chapter on equidistribution. About the first edition: "...this monograph gives important results and techniques for specific topics, together with many exercises; it is not possible to describe adequately the wealth of material covered in this book." - Wolfgang Schwarz, Zentralblatt
CONTENT
I Problems -- 1 Arithmetic Functions -- 2 Primes in Arithmetic Progressions -- 3 The Prime Number Theorem -- 4 The Method of Contour Integration -- 5 Functional Equations -- 6 Hadamard Products -- 7 Explicit Formulas -- 8 The Selberg Class -- 9 Sieve Methods -- 10 p-adic Methods -- II Solutions -- 1 Arithmetic Functions -- 2 Primes in Arithmetic Progressions -- 3 The Prime Number Theorem -- 4 The Method of Contour Integration -- 5 Functional Equations -- 6 Hadamard Products -- 7 Explicit Formulas -- 8 The Selberg Class -- 9 Sieve Methods -- 10 p-adic Methods -- References