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    logarithm, also commonly written as ln(x) or loge(x). In number theory, Bertrand's postulate is the theorem that for any integer n > 3 {\displaystyle n>3} , there...
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  • In mathematics, Bertrand's postulate (now a theorem) states that, for each n ≥ 2 {\displaystyle n\geq 2} , there is a prime p {\displaystyle p} such that...
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    termed Bertrand's postulate, in 1850. He was also famous for two paradoxes of probability, known now as Bertrand's Paradox and the Paradox of Bertrand's box...
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  • Pomerance on the distribution of Carmichael numbers, commonly known as Bertrand's postulate for Carmichael numbers. Larsen was born in 2003 to Indiana University...
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  • prime-counting function. In 1919, Ramanujan published a new proof of Bertrand's postulate which, as he notes, was first proved by Chebyshev. At the end of...
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  • several theorems proven by Russian mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev. Bertrand's postulate, that for every n there is a prime between n and 2n. Chebyshev's...
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    numerus clausus. By the time he was 20, he had found a proof for Bertrand's postulate. In 1934, at the age of 21, he was awarded a doctorate in mathematics...
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  • on price Bertrand's theorem, a theorem in classical mechanics Bertrand's postulate, a theorem about the distribution of prime numbers Bertrand, Count of...
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    intuitively appealing axioms (postulates) and deducing many other propositions (theorems) from these. One of those is the parallel postulate which relates to parallel...
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  • logarithmic integral Legendre's constant Skewes' number Bertrand's postulate Proof of Bertrand's postulate Proof that the sum of the reciprocals of the primes...
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  • theorem on the product of k consecutive integers > k, that generalizes Bertrand's postulate. Sylvester's theorem on partitions. Sylvester theorem on spherical...
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  • theorem on the product of k consecutive integers > k, that generalizes Bertrand's postulate. Sylvester's law of inertia a.k.a. Sylvester's rigidity theorem,...
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  • existence of arbitrarily large prime gaps. An elementary proof of Bertrand's postulate on the existence of a prime in any interval of the form [ n , 2 n...
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  • factorials) Poisson distribution Polygamma function Primorial Proof of Bertrand's postulate Sierpinski triangle Star of David theorem Stirling number Stirling...
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    (C(X)=49679870 for X= 1022). In 2021, Daniel Larsen proved an analogue of Bertrand's postulate for Carmichael numbers first conjectured by Alford, Granville, and...
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    Goldbach's conjecture, but also the twin prime conjecture. According to Bertrand's postulate, for every integer n > 1 {\displaystyle n>1} , there is always at...
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  • A list of articles with mathematical proofs: Bertrand's postulate and a proof Estimation of covariance matrices Fermat's little theorem and some proofs...
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    Mathematical Society. 11 (2): 81–88. Ramanujan, S. (1919). "A proof of Bertrand's postulate". The Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society. 11 (5): 181–183...
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  • infinitude of the primes, including Euclid's and Furstenberg's Proof of Bertrand's postulate Fermat's theorem on sums of two squares Two proofs of the Law of...
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  • _{x\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {x}{\log x}}=\infty .} In number theory, Bertrand's postulate is a theorem stating that for any integer n > 1 {\displaystyle n>1}...
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  • distinct super-prime numbers. Their proof relies on a result resembling Bertrand's postulate, stating that (after the larger gap between super-primes 5 and 11)...
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    of the algorithm, n n {\displaystyle n^{n}} . In particular, by Bertrand's postulate there will be at least one prime number between n / 2 {\displaystyle...
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  • numbers (studied by S. S. Pillai and others); this follows from Bertrand's postulate. The sequence of practical numbers which has 1 as the first term...
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  • (1998). "Some Problems of Combinatorial Number Theory Related to Bertrand's Postulate". Journal of Integer Sequences. 1. Waterloo, ON: David R. Cheriton...
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    conjectured to have about 2 ln ⁡ n {\displaystyle 2\ln n} terms. Bertrand's postulate, proven in 1852, states that there is always a prime number between...
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  • every quarter revolution of the Ulam spiral. Mathematics portal Bertrand's postulate Firoozbakht's conjecture Prime number theorem Wells, David (2011)...
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    Erdős uses central binomial coefficients extensively in his proof of Bertrand's postulate. Another noteworthy fact is that the power of 2 dividing ( n + 1...
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    . {\displaystyle x-{\frac {4}{\pi }}{\sqrt {x}}\log x<p\leq x.} Bertrand's postulate Oppermann's conjecture Ramanujan prime Bach, Eric; Shallit, Jeffrey...
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  • gaps, that is, to the spacing between prime numbers. Others include Bertrand's postulate, on the existence of a prime between n {\displaystyle n} and 2 n...
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  • be proven with Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions or Bertrand's postulate (Hardy and Wright, p. 113) or Ramare's theorem that every even integer...
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