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A Birch–Goldbach theorem

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We prove an analogue of a theorem of Birch with prime variables.

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  1. Institut für Algebra und Zahlentheorie, Universität Stuttgart, 70511, Stuttgart, Germany

    J. Brüdern

  2. Department of Mathematics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK

    R. Dietmann

  3. School of Mathematics, Shandong University, 250100, Jinan, China

    J. Y. Liu

  4. School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, University Walk, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1TW, UK

    T. D. Wooley

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JL is supported in part by NSFC 10531060, and TW by a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. JB and TW thank the Hausdorff Institute for its hospitality during the completion of this work, and together with JL they are grateful to L. Coffee in Weihai for useful contributions to this project.

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Brüdern, J., Dietmann, R., Liu, J.Y. et al. A Birch–Goldbach theorem. Arch. Math. 94, 53–58 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-009-0086-4

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