Bombieri-Friedlander-Iwaniec theorem

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Bombieri-Friedlander-Iwaniec theorem

Etymology edit

Proved in 1997 by John Friedlander and Henryk Iwaniec.

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Particularly: “Why Bombieri? Wikipedia removed his name from the topic's article but this triple-name actually sees more use in Google Books.”

Proper noun edit

Bombieri-Friedlander-Iwaniec theorem

(number theory) A theorem stating that there are infinitely many prime numbers of the form a² + b⁴.