On the prime geodesic theorem for hyperbolic 3-manifolds

Abstract

Through the Selberg zeta approach, we reduce the exponent in the error term of the prime geodesic theorem for cocompact Kleinian groups or Bianchi groups from Sarnak's $\frac{5}{3}$ to $\frac{3}{2}$. At the cost of excluding a set of finite logarithmic measure, the bound is further improved to $\frac{13}{9}$.