Les nombres premiers, entre l'ordre et le chaos - 2e �d.

Is anything more fascinating than prime numbers? Their infinite sequence has captivated mathematicians, philosophers and laymen since Antiquity: it is regular for it is arithmetic, and yet has a chaotic and random aspect to it that forms an inexhaustible source of challenges for the human mind. Research in this domain of the theory of numbers is more active than ever before as demonstrated by recent and prestigious discoveries such as the spectacular advance on the age old question of twin prime numbers. This new updated edition invites the reader to take an exploratory trip through the problem of distribution of prime numbers among whole numbers. This historical and methodological text constitutes a concise yet solid introduction to current technology of the analytical theory of prime numbers.