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Selberg sieve  

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  • In number theory, the Selberg sieve is a technique for estimating the size of "sifted sets" of positive integers which satisfy a set of conditions which are expressed by congruences. It was developed by Atle Selberg in the 1940s.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selberg_sieve)

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