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Asymptotic expansions of weighted prime power counting functions

Number Theory 2020-10-06 v1

Abstract

We prove several asymptotic continued fraction expansions of π(x)\pi(x), Π(x)\Pi(x), li(x)\operatorname{li}(x), Ri(x)\operatorname{Ri}(x), and related functions, where π(x)\pi(x) is the prime counting function, Π(x)=k=11kπ(xk)\Pi(x) = \sum_{k = 1}^\infty \frac{1}{k}\pi(\sqrt[k]{x}) is the Riemann prime counting function, and Ri(x)=k=1μ(k)kli(xk)\operatorname{Ri}(x) = \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{ \mu(k)}{k} \operatorname{li}(\sqrt[k]{x}) is Riemann's approximation to the prime counting function. We also determine asymptotic continued fraction expansions of the function pxps\sum_{p \leq x} p^s for all sCs \in \mathbb{C} with Re(s)>1\operatorname{Re}(s) > -1, and of the functions ax<pax+11p\sum_{a^x < p \leq a^{x+1}} \frac{1}{p} and logax<pax+1(11/p)1\log \prod_{a^x < p \leq a^{x+1}} (1 -1/p)^{-1} for all real numbers a>1a > 1. We also determine the first few terms of an asymptotic continued fraction expansion of the function π(ax)π(bx)\pi(ax)-\pi(bx) for a>b>0a > b > 0. As a corollary of these results, we determine the best rational approximations of the "linearized" verions of these various functions.

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@article{arxiv.2010.01731,
  title  = {Asymptotic expansions of weighted prime power counting functions},
  author = {Jesse Elliott},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.01731},
  year   = {2020}
}

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26 pages, 4 figures