Talk:Bombieri–Friedlander–Iwaniec theorem

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Please update this rating as the article progresses, or if the rating is inaccurate. Click to show/hide comments. Please add to or update the comments to suggest improvements to the article. Geometry guy 21:14, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] references

ref 1. is to a paper which quotes a Bombieri–Friedlander–Iwaniec paper. Neither speaks on the x² + y⁴ theorem. Shouldn't it be removed? Kope 06:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I referenced #1 only as a source to demonstrate that the theorem was called the "Bombieri-Friedlander-Iwaniec theorem". Obviously, Friedlander and Iwaniec didn't call it that themselves.

I agree that the article should reference the original paper. But I think it also needs the references I supplied, to establish the name of the theorem. -- Dominus 21:57, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

It's a different theorem. Does not speak about primes of the form x² + y⁴. Kope 04:23, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

You're right; thanks for catching this. -- Dominus 14:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)