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}\n .pp-hero-info::before { font-size: 5rem; bottom: -5px; }\n .pp-panels { padding: 1.5rem 1.2rem; }\n .pp-timeline li { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0.1rem; padding: 1rem 0; }\n .pp-pub-item { grid-template-columns: 24px 1fr; }\n }\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n<div class=\"pp-block\">\n\n <div class=\"pp-hero\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-hero-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/mrc-baku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ertanelma.jpg\" alt=\"Ertan Elma\">\n <div class=\"pp-hero-info\">\n <div class=\"pp-hero-tag\">Researcher<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-hero-name\">Ertan Elma<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-hero-role\">Number Theory Group<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-hero-meta\">\n <a class=\"pp-hero-link\" href=\"mailto:ertan.elma@asoiu.edu.az\">ertan.elma@asoiu.edu.az<\/a>\n <a class=\"pp-hero-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ertanelma.wixsite.com\/ertanelma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>\n<a class=\"pp-hero-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&user=wQ58qKoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a>\n<a class=\"pp-hero-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=57200653372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>\n <a class=\"pp-hero-link\" href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1101-0370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORCID<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <nav class=\"pp-nav\" role=\"tablist\">\n <button class=\"pp-tab active\" data-panel=\"research\">Research<\/button>\n <button class=\"pp-tab\" data-panel=\"education\">Education & Employment<\/button>\n <button class=\"pp-tab\" data-panel=\"publications\">Publications<\/button>\n <button class=\"pp-tab\" data-panel=\"talks\">Talks<\/button>\n <button class=\"pp-tab\" data-panel=\"activities\">Activities<\/button>\n <button class=\"pp-tab\" data-panel=\"awards\">Awards & Grants<\/button>\n <\/nav>\n\n <div class=\"pp-panels\">\n\n <section class=\"pp-panel active\" id=\"panel-research\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Research Interests<\/div>\n <p class=\"pp-research-intro\">My research area is number theory. I enjoy working on problems related to the distribution of prime numbers, distributions of arithmetic functions and mean value estimates related to \$L\$-functions. <\/p>\n <div class=\"pp-section-label pp-mt\">Ongoing Research<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-timeline\">\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">In progress<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\">A Dirichlet series related to the error term in the Prime Number Theorem, II<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">In progress<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\">On the Landau\u2013Gonek formula<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">In progress<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\">On the fourth moment of the derivative of the Riemann zeta function<br><em>Joint with K\u00fcbra Benli, Fatma \u00c7i\u00e7ek, Alia Hamieh, Nathan Ng<\/em><\/span>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<div class=\"pp-section-label\">Academic IDs<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-ids\">\n <a class=\"pp-id-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=57200653372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus: 57200653372<\/a>\n <a class=\"pp-id-link\" href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1101-0370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORCID: 0000-0003-1101-0370<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"pp-panel\" id=\"panel-education\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Education<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-timeline\">\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2015 \u2013 2020<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics<\/strong>, University of Waterloo, Canada<br><em>Supervisors: Yu-Ru Liu and Wentang Kuo<\/em><br>Thesis: Some Problems in Multiplicative and Additive Number Theory<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2012 \u2013 2015<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>M.Sc. in Mathematics<\/strong>, Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University, Istanbul, Turkey<br><em>Supervisor: Cem Yal\u00e7\u0131n Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m<\/em><br>Thesis: Average Values of the Functional Equation Factors at the Zeros of Derivatives of Dirichlet \$L\$-functions<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2007 \u2013 2012<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>B.S. in Mathematics<\/strong>, Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University, Istanbul, Turkey<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"pp-section-label pp-mt\">Academic Employment<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-timeline\">\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2024 \u2013 present<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Researcher<\/strong><br><em>Mathematics Research Center, ASOIU, Baku, Azerbaijan<\/em><\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2022 \u2013 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Postdoctoral Fellow & Sessional Instructor<\/strong><br><em>University of Lethbridge, Canada<\/em><\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2015 \u2013 2020<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Teaching Assistant & Sessional Instructor<\/strong><br><em>University of Waterloo, Canada<\/em><\/span>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/section>\n<section class=\"pp-panel\" id=\"panel-publications\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Publications<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-pub-list\">\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">9<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">On the second Hardy\u2013Littlewood conjecture<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with Bittu Chahal, Nicol\u00f2 Fellini, Akshaa Vatwani, Do Nhat Tan Vo<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\">To appear in <em>Acta Arithmetica<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.impan.pl\/en\/publishing-house\/journals-and-series\/acta-arithmetica\/online\/116375\/on-the-second-hardy-littlewood-conjecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">8<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">Distribution of the number of prime factors with a given multiplicity<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with Greg Martin<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Canadian Mathematical Bulletin<\/em>, 67 (2024), no. 4, 1107\u20131122<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/canadian-mathematical-bulletin\/article\/distribution-of-the-number-of-prime-factors-with-a-given-multiplicity\/8DA869BB8095E85BB393D1DDF32D3334\n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a><a class=\"pub-link arxiv\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2406.04574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arXiv<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">7<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">A discrete mean value of the Riemann zeta function<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with K\u00fcbra Benli and Nathan Ng<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Mathematika<\/em>, 70 (2024), no. 4, Paper No. e12281, 47 pp.<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/londmathsoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1112\/mtk.12281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a><a class=\"pub-link arxiv\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2311.13554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arXiv<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">6<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">A Dirichlet series related to the error term in the Prime Number Theorem<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>International Journal of Number Theory<\/em>, 20 (2024), no. 3, 715\u2013725<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/10.1142\/S1793042124500362?srsltid=AfmBOopMy44H_tw9M53K-Uiascy-wU9OX6wosw90X7bXrzEWT-2TE9X-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">5<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">On the number of irreducible factors with a given multiplicity in function fields<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with Sourabhashis Das, Wentang Kuo and Yu-Ru Liu<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Finite Fields and Their Applications<\/em>, 92 (2023), Paper No. 102281, 22 pp.<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1071579723001235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a><a class=\"pub-link arxiv\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2409.08559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arXiv<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">4<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">Number of prime factors with a given multiplicity<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with Yu-Ru Liu<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Canadian Mathematical Bulletin<\/em>, 65 (2022), no. 1, 253\u2013269<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/canadian-mathematical-bulletin\/article\/abs\/number-of-prime-factors-with-a-given-multiplicity\/5CDE211A9FA6257416BEFB71F6248D73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">3<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">On discrete mean values of Dirichlet L-functions<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal<\/em>, 71 (146) (2021), no. 4, 1035\u20131048<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.21136\/CMJ.2021.0189-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">2<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">On a problem related to discrete mean values of Dirichlet L-functions<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Journal of Number Theory<\/em>, 217 (2020), 36\u201343<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0022314X20301712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">1<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">Mean values of the functional equation factors at the zeros of derivatives of the Riemann zeta function and Dirichlet L-functions<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with K\u00fcbra Benli and Cem Yal\u00e7\u0131n Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Springer Proc. Math. Stat.<\/em>, vol. 221, Springer, Cham (2017), 59\u201367<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-319-68376-8_5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"pp-panel\" id=\"panel-talks\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Invited Talks<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-talks-list\">\n <li><strong>Number of prime factors with a given multiplicity<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">Feza G\u00fcrsey Center, FGC-HRI-IPM Number Theory Seminars \u2014 2025<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>Number of prime factors with a given multiplicity<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">ADA University \u2014 2025<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>A discrete mean value of the Riemann zeta function and its derivatives<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University Colloquium \u2014 2025<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>Number of prime factors with a given multiplicity<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">CMS Winter Meeting, Montreal \u2014 2023<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>A Dirichlet series related to the error term in the Prime Number Theorem<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">20th Annual Alberta Mathematics Dialogue \u2014 2023<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>A discrete mean value of the Riemann zeta function and its derivatives<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">Alberta Number Theory Days XIV, BIRS \u2014 2023<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>Some identities concerning Dirichlet L-functions<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">University of Lethbridge \u2014 2022<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"pp-section-label pp-mt\">Contributed Talks<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-talks-list\">\n <li><strong>Discrete mean values of Dirichlet L-functions<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">Journ\u00e9es Arithm\u00e9tiques XXXI, Istanbul \u2014 2019<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>On a sum concerning the zeros of Dirichlet L-functions<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">Algebra and Number Theory, Samsun \u2014 2014<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"pp-section-label pp-mt\">Conferences & Workshops<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-bullet-list\">\n <li>Comparative Prime Number Theory Symposium, Vancouver (attended online)\u2014 2024<\/li>\n <li>16th Meeting of the Canadian Number Theory Association, Toronto (attended online) \u2014 2024<\/li>\n <li>Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting, Montreal \u2014 2023 <\/li>\n <li>Inclusive Paths in Explicit Number Theory Summer School, Kelowna \u2014 2023<\/li>\n <li>PIMS CRG L-functions in Analytic Number Theory Launch Event, Banff \u2014 2022<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"pp-panel\" id=\"panel-activities\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Organisational Activities<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-item\">\n <div class=\"pp-org-title\">Co-organizer, NTC Seminars<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-meta\">University of Lethbridge \u00b7 2023 \u2013 2024<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-detail\">Received PIMS research funding ($4,500). Invited and hosted external guest speakers.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-item\">\n <div class=\"pp-org-title\">Co-leader, Inclusive Paths in Explicit Number Theory Summer School<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-meta\">UBC Okanagan, Kelowna \u00b7 July 2023<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-detail\">Project: The Second Hardy\u2013Littlewood Conjecture. Project Leader: Akshaa Vatwani.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-item\">\n <div class=\"pp-org-title\">Organizer & Speaker, Sieve Methods Learning Seminars<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-meta\">University of Waterloo \u00b7 2017 \u2013 2018<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-detail\">15 talks of 2\u20133 hours each; covered basic notions, elementary sieves, Selberg’s sieve, and Bombieri\u2013Vinogradov theorem.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"pp-panel\" id=\"panel-awards\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Awards & Grants<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-timeline\">\n <li><span class=\"tl-year\">2023 \u2013 2024<\/span><span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Lethbridge NTC Seminars Grant<\/strong>, $4,500 \u2014 <em>PIMS<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"tl-year\">2015 \u2013 2020<\/span><span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>International Graduate Student Support<\/strong>, $30,000\/year \u2014 <em>UWaterloo<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"tl-year\">2012 \u2013 2014<\/span><span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Bursary for Graduate Science Students<\/strong> \u2014 <em>T\u00dcB\u0130TAK<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"tl-year\">2007<\/span><span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Valedictorian Prize<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Sak\u0131p Sabanc\u0131 Anatolian High School<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/section>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n<script>\ndocument.querySelectorAll('.pp-tab').forEach(function(tab) {\n tab.addEventListener('click', function() {\n var panel = tab.dataset.panel;\n document.querySelectorAll('.pp-tab').forEach(function(t) { t.classList.remove('active'); });\n document.querySelectorAll('.pp-panel').forEach(function(p) { p.classList.remove('active'); });\n tab.classList.add('active');\n document.getElementById('panel-' + panel).classList.add('active');\n });\n});\n<\/script>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ertan Elma \u2014 Mathematics Research Center Researcher Ertan Elma Number Theory Group ertan.elma@asoiu.edu.az Website Google Scholar Scopus ORCID Research Education & Employment Publications Talks Activities Awards & Grants Research Interests My research area is number theory. 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}\n .pp-hero-photo, .pp-hero-photo-placeholder { \n width: 100%; \n height: auto; \n aspect-ratio: 1 \/ 1; \/* Scales naturally without squashing *\/\n }\n .pp-hero-info { padding: 1.5rem; }\n .pp-hero-info::before { font-size: 5rem; bottom: -5px; }\n .pp-panels { padding: 1.5rem 1.2rem; }\n .pp-timeline li { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0.1rem; padding: 1rem 0; }\n .pp-pub-item { grid-template-columns: 24px 1fr; }\n }\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n<div class=\"pp-block\">\n\n <div class=\"pp-hero\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-hero-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/mrc-baku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ertanelma.jpg\" alt=\"Ertan Elma\">\n <div class=\"pp-hero-info\">\n <div class=\"pp-hero-tag\">Researcher<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-hero-name\">Ertan Elma<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-hero-role\">Number Theory Group<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-hero-meta\">\n <a class=\"pp-hero-link\" href=\"mailto:ertan.elma@asoiu.edu.az\">ertan.elma@asoiu.edu.az<\/a>\n <a class=\"pp-hero-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ertanelma.wixsite.com\/ertanelma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>\n<a class=\"pp-hero-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&user=wQ58qKoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a>\n<a class=\"pp-hero-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=57200653372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a>\n <a class=\"pp-hero-link\" href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1101-0370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORCID<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <nav class=\"pp-nav\" role=\"tablist\">\n <button class=\"pp-tab active\" data-panel=\"research\">Research<\/button>\n <button class=\"pp-tab\" data-panel=\"education\">Education & Employment<\/button>\n <button class=\"pp-tab\" data-panel=\"publications\">Publications<\/button>\n <button class=\"pp-tab\" data-panel=\"talks\">Talks<\/button>\n <button class=\"pp-tab\" data-panel=\"activities\">Activities<\/button>\n <button class=\"pp-tab\" data-panel=\"awards\">Awards & Grants<\/button>\n <\/nav>\n\n <div class=\"pp-panels\">\n\n <section class=\"pp-panel active\" id=\"panel-research\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Research Interests<\/div>\n <p class=\"pp-research-intro\">My research area is number theory. I enjoy working on problems related to the distribution of prime numbers, distributions of arithmetic functions and mean value estimates related to \$L\$-functions. <\/p>\n <div class=\"pp-section-label pp-mt\">Ongoing Research<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-timeline\">\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">In progress<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\">A Dirichlet series related to the error term in the Prime Number Theorem, II<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">In progress<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\">On the Landau\u2013Gonek formula<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">In progress<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\">On the fourth moment of the derivative of the Riemann zeta function<br><em>Joint with K\u00fcbra Benli, Fatma \u00c7i\u00e7ek, Alia Hamieh, Nathan Ng<\/em><\/span>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<div class=\"pp-section-label\">Academic IDs<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-ids\">\n <a class=\"pp-id-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=57200653372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus: 57200653372<\/a>\n <a class=\"pp-id-link\" href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1101-0370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORCID: 0000-0003-1101-0370<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"pp-panel\" id=\"panel-education\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Education<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-timeline\">\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2015 \u2013 2020<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics<\/strong>, University of Waterloo, Canada<br><em>Supervisors: Yu-Ru Liu and Wentang Kuo<\/em><br>Thesis: Some Problems in Multiplicative and Additive Number Theory<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2012 \u2013 2015<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>M.Sc. in Mathematics<\/strong>, Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University, Istanbul, Turkey<br><em>Supervisor: Cem Yal\u00e7\u0131n Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m<\/em><br>Thesis: Average Values of the Functional Equation Factors at the Zeros of Derivatives of Dirichlet \$L\$-functions<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2007 \u2013 2012<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>B.S. in Mathematics<\/strong>, Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University, Istanbul, Turkey<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"pp-section-label pp-mt\">Academic Employment<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-timeline\">\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2024 \u2013 present<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Researcher<\/strong><br><em>Mathematics Research Center, ASOIU, Baku, Azerbaijan<\/em><\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2022 \u2013 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Postdoctoral Fellow & Sessional Instructor<\/strong><br><em>University of Lethbridge, Canada<\/em><\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <span class=\"tl-year\">2015 \u2013 2020<\/span>\n <span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Teaching Assistant & Sessional Instructor<\/strong><br><em>University of Waterloo, Canada<\/em><\/span>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/section>\n<section class=\"pp-panel\" id=\"panel-publications\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Publications<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-pub-list\">\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">9<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">On the second Hardy\u2013Littlewood conjecture<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with Bittu Chahal, Nicol\u00f2 Fellini, Akshaa Vatwani, Do Nhat Tan Vo<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\">To appear in <em>Acta Arithmetica<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.impan.pl\/en\/publishing-house\/journals-and-series\/acta-arithmetica\/online\/116375\/on-the-second-hardy-littlewood-conjecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">8<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">Distribution of the number of prime factors with a given multiplicity<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with Greg Martin<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Canadian Mathematical Bulletin<\/em>, 67 (2024), no. 4, 1107\u20131122<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/canadian-mathematical-bulletin\/article\/distribution-of-the-number-of-prime-factors-with-a-given-multiplicity\/8DA869BB8095E85BB393D1DDF32D3334\n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a><a class=\"pub-link arxiv\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2406.04574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arXiv<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">7<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">A discrete mean value of the Riemann zeta function<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with K\u00fcbra Benli and Nathan Ng<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Mathematika<\/em>, 70 (2024), no. 4, Paper No. e12281, 47 pp.<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/londmathsoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1112\/mtk.12281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a><a class=\"pub-link arxiv\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2311.13554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arXiv<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">6<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">A Dirichlet series related to the error term in the Prime Number Theorem<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>International Journal of Number Theory<\/em>, 20 (2024), no. 3, 715\u2013725<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/10.1142\/S1793042124500362?srsltid=AfmBOopMy44H_tw9M53K-Uiascy-wU9OX6wosw90X7bXrzEWT-2TE9X-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">5<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">On the number of irreducible factors with a given multiplicity in function fields<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with Sourabhashis Das, Wentang Kuo and Yu-Ru Liu<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Finite Fields and Their Applications<\/em>, 92 (2023), Paper No. 102281, 22 pp.<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1071579723001235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a><a class=\"pub-link arxiv\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2409.08559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arXiv<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">4<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">Number of prime factors with a given multiplicity<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with Yu-Ru Liu<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Canadian Mathematical Bulletin<\/em>, 65 (2022), no. 1, 253\u2013269<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/canadian-mathematical-bulletin\/article\/abs\/number-of-prime-factors-with-a-given-multiplicity\/5CDE211A9FA6257416BEFB71F6248D73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">3<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">On discrete mean values of Dirichlet L-functions<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal<\/em>, 71 (146) (2021), no. 4, 1035\u20131048<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.21136\/CMJ.2021.0189-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">2<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">On a problem related to discrete mean values of Dirichlet L-functions<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Journal of Number Theory<\/em>, 217 (2020), 36\u201343<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0022314X20301712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"pp-pub-item\">\n <span class=\"pp-pub-num\">1<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-title\">Mean values of the functional equation factors at the zeros of derivatives of the Riemann zeta function and Dirichlet L-functions<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-authors\">with K\u00fcbra Benli and Cem Yal\u00e7\u0131n Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-pub-venue\"><em>Springer Proc. Math. Stat.<\/em>, vol. 221, Springer, Cham (2017), 59\u201367<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-links\">\n <a class=\"pub-link publisher\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-319-68376-8_5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"pp-panel\" id=\"panel-talks\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Invited Talks<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-talks-list\">\n <li><strong>Number of prime factors with a given multiplicity<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">Feza G\u00fcrsey Center, FGC-HRI-IPM Number Theory Seminars \u2014 2025<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>Number of prime factors with a given multiplicity<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">ADA University \u2014 2025<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>A discrete mean value of the Riemann zeta function and its derivatives<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University Colloquium \u2014 2025<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>Number of prime factors with a given multiplicity<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">CMS Winter Meeting, Montreal \u2014 2023<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>A Dirichlet series related to the error term in the Prime Number Theorem<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">20th Annual Alberta Mathematics Dialogue \u2014 2023<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>A discrete mean value of the Riemann zeta function and its derivatives<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">Alberta Number Theory Days XIV, BIRS \u2014 2023<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>Some identities concerning Dirichlet L-functions<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">University of Lethbridge \u2014 2022<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"pp-section-label pp-mt\">Contributed Talks<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-talks-list\">\n <li><strong>Discrete mean values of Dirichlet L-functions<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">Journ\u00e9es Arithm\u00e9tiques XXXI, Istanbul \u2014 2019<\/span><\/li>\n <li><strong>On a sum concerning the zeros of Dirichlet L-functions<\/strong><br><span class=\"talk-venue\">Algebra and Number Theory, Samsun \u2014 2014<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <div class=\"pp-section-label pp-mt\">Conferences & Workshops<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-bullet-list\">\n <li>Comparative Prime Number Theory Symposium, Vancouver (attended online)\u2014 2024<\/li>\n <li>16th Meeting of the Canadian Number Theory Association, Toronto (attended online) \u2014 2024<\/li>\n <li>Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting, Montreal \u2014 2023 <\/li>\n <li>Inclusive Paths in Explicit Number Theory Summer School, Kelowna \u2014 2023<\/li>\n <li>PIMS CRG L-functions in Analytic Number Theory Launch Event, Banff \u2014 2022<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"pp-panel\" id=\"panel-activities\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Organisational Activities<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-item\">\n <div class=\"pp-org-title\">Co-organizer, NTC Seminars<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-meta\">University of Lethbridge \u00b7 2023 \u2013 2024<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-detail\">Received PIMS research funding ($4,500). Invited and hosted external guest speakers.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-item\">\n <div class=\"pp-org-title\">Co-leader, Inclusive Paths in Explicit Number Theory Summer School<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-meta\">UBC Okanagan, Kelowna \u00b7 July 2023<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-detail\">Project: The Second Hardy\u2013Littlewood Conjecture. Project Leader: Akshaa Vatwani.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-item\">\n <div class=\"pp-org-title\">Organizer & Speaker, Sieve Methods Learning Seminars<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-meta\">University of Waterloo \u00b7 2017 \u2013 2018<\/div>\n <div class=\"pp-org-detail\">15 talks of 2\u20133 hours each; covered basic notions, elementary sieves, Selberg’s sieve, and Bombieri\u2013Vinogradov theorem.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"pp-panel\" id=\"panel-awards\">\n <div class=\"pp-section-label\">Awards & Grants<\/div>\n <ul class=\"pp-timeline\">\n <li><span class=\"tl-year\">2023 \u2013 2024<\/span><span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Lethbridge NTC Seminars Grant<\/strong>, $4,500 \u2014 <em>PIMS<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"tl-year\">2015 \u2013 2020<\/span><span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>International Graduate Student Support<\/strong>, $30,000\/year \u2014 <em>UWaterloo<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"tl-year\">2012 \u2013 2014<\/span><span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Bursary for Graduate Science Students<\/strong> \u2014 <em>T\u00dcB\u0130TAK<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n <li><span class=\"tl-year\">2007<\/span><span class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Valedictorian Prize<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Sak\u0131p Sabanc\u0131 Anatolian High School<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/section>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n<script>\ndocument.querySelectorAll('.pp-tab').forEach(function(tab) {\n tab.addEventListener('click', function() {\n var panel = tab.dataset.panel;\n document.querySelectorAll('.pp-tab').forEach(function(t) { t.classList.remove('active'); });\n document.querySelectorAll('.pp-panel').forEach(function(p) { p.classList.remove('active'); });\n tab.classList.add('active');\n document.getElementById('panel-' + panel).classList.add('active');\n });\n});\n<\/script>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ertan Elma \u2014 Mathematics Research Center Researcher Ertan Elma Number Theory Group ertan.elma@asoiu.edu.az Website Google Scholar Scopus ORCID Research Education & Employment Publications Talks Activities Awards & Grants Research Interests My research area is number theory. 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