• ln(x) or loge(x). In mathematics, the prime number theorem (PNT) describes the asymptotic distribution of the prime numbers among the positive integers...
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    than 4. Primes are central in number theory because of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic: every natural number greater than 1 is either a prime itself...
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  • Euclid's theorem is a fundamental statement in number theory that asserts that there are infinitely many prime numbers. It was first proven by Euclid...
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  • In number theory, Dirichlet's theorem, also called the Dirichlet prime number theorem, states that for any two positive coprime integers a and d, there...
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    mathematics, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, also called the unique factorization theorem and prime factorization theorem, states that every integer...
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    of Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions. It is well known for its results on prime numbers (involving the Prime Number Theorem and Riemann zeta...
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    that there is always a prime number between k and 2k, so in particular pn+1 < 2pn, which means gn < pn. The prime number theorem, proven in 1896, says...
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  • Euclid's theorem, there are an infinite number of prime numbers. Subsets of the prime numbers may be generated with various formulas for primes. The first...
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  • Prime number theory may refer to: Prime number Prime number theorem Number theory Fundamental theorem of arithmetic, which explains prime factorization...
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  • which rounds down to the nearest integer. By Wilson's theorem, n + 1 {\displaystyle n+1} is prime if and only if n ! ≡ n ( mod n + 1 ) {\displaystyle n...
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    loge(x). In number theory, Bertrand's postulate is the theorem that for any integer n > 3 {\displaystyle n>3} , there exists at least one prime number p {\displaystyle...
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  • A twin prime is a prime number that is either 2 less or 2 more than another prime number—for example, either member of the twin prime pair (17, 19) or...
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  • Lucky numbers share some properties with primes, such as asymptotic behaviour according to the prime number theorem; also, a version of Goldbach's conjecture...
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  • ln(x) or loge(x). In analytic number theory, Mertens' theorems are three 1874 results related to the density of prime numbers proved by Franz Mertens...
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    _{x\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {\pi (x)}{x/\log x}}=1.} This statement is the prime number theorem. An equivalent statement is lim x → ∞ π ( x ) li ⁡ ( x ) = 1 {\displaystyle...
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    function as the primes become too large. The prime number theorem in analytic number theory provides a formalisation of the notion that prime numbers appear...
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  • In mathematical analysis, the Hardy–Littlewood Tauberian theorem is a Tauberian theorem relating the asymptotics of the partial sums of a series with the...
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  • In mathematics, the prime ideal theorem may be the Boolean prime ideal theorem the Landau prime ideal theorem on number fields This disambiguation page...
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  • divisors Prime number, prime power Bonse's inequality Prime factor Table of prime factors Formula for primes Factorization RSA number Fundamental theorem of...
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  • ln ⁡ ( n + 1 ) {\displaystyle H_{n^{2}}-H_{n}\sim \ln(n+1)} The prime number theorem provides the following asymptotic equivalence: n π ( n ) ∼ ln ⁡ n...
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  • number theory to refer to proofs that make no use of complex analysis. Historically, it was once thought that certain theorems, like the prime number...
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  • them to a variety of different mathematical fields. The classical prime number theorem serves as a prototypical example, and the emphasis is on abstract...
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    First Hardy–Littlewood conjecture (category Conjectures about prime numbers)
    of prime k-tuples less than a given magnitude by generalizing the prime number theorem. It was first proposed by G. H. Hardy and John Edensor Littlewood...
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  • In chapter 3, the Prime Number Theorem (PNT) is introduced. The function which mathematicians use to describe the number of primes in N numbers, π(N)...
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    Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (category Number theorists)
    1962) was a Belgian mathematician. He is best known for proving the prime number theorem. The King of Belgium ennobled him with the title of baron. De la...
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  • Chebyshev's theorem is any of several theorems proven by Russian mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev. Bertrand's postulate, that for every n there is a prime between...
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    says that primes 3 mod 4 are more common than primes 1 mod 4 in some sense. (For related results, see Prime number theorem § Prime number race.) In 1923...
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  • analytic number theory, the Siegel–Walfisz theorem was obtained by Arnold Walfisz as an application of a theorem by Carl Ludwig Siegel to primes in arithmetic...
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    In number theory, Chen's theorem states that every sufficiently large even number can be written as the sum of either two primes, or a prime and a semiprime...
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    physics and has number theoretic significance. In particular, according to the prime number theorem, it is a very good approximation to the prime-counting function...
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