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The missing Lin(ni)k

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Contributed by Paul Pollack ↗

Version 1 / Oct 26, 2026 / CC BY 4.0

Abstract

We show how Selberg's symmetry formulas and the recent finding that there are no Landau--Siegel zeros connect to give a radically elementary proof of Linnik's theorem on the least prime in an arithmetic progression.

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