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Brun sieve

Brun sieve noun: a technique for estimating the size of sifted sets of positive integers that satisfy a set of conditions expressed by congruences.

Noun

Brun sieve (plural Brun sieves)

  1. A technique for estimating the size of sifted sets of positive integers that satisfy a set of conditions expressed by congruences.

Forms of Brun sieve

pluralBrun sieves

Origin of Brun sieve

Developed by Viggo Brun in 1915.

Questions about Brun sieve

What does Brun sieve mean?
Brun sieve means a technique for estimating the size of sifted sets of positive integers that satisfy a set of conditions expressed by congruences.
What part of speech is Brun sieve?
Brun sieve is a noun.
What is the plural of Brun sieve?
The plural of Brun sieve is Brun sieves.

Words near Brun sieve in the dictionary

  1. Brummy
  2. brumous
  3. brumously
  4. Brumwell
  5. Brun
  6. Brun sieve
  7. Brun sieves
  8. Brun's constant
  9. Brun's theorem
  10. Brunai
  11. brunaille

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