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Improving riemann prime counting

Number Theory 2017-04-12 v1

Abstract

Prime number theorem asserts that (at large xx) the prime counting function π(x)\pi(x) is approximately the logarithmic integral \mboxli(x)\mbox{li}(x). In the intermediate range, Riemann prime counting function \mboxRi(N)(x)=n=1Nμ(n)n\mboxLi(x1/n)\mbox{Ri}^{(N)}(x)=\sum_{n=1}^N \frac{\mu(n)}{n}\mbox{Li}(x^{1/n}) deviates from π(x)\pi(x) by the asymptotically vanishing sum ρ\mboxRi(xρ)\sum_{\rho}\mbox{Ri}(x^\rho) depending on the critical zeros ρ\rho of the Riemann zeta function ζ(s)\zeta(s). We find a fit π(x)\mboxRi(3)[ψ(x)]\pi(x)\approx \mbox{Ri}^{(3)}[\psi(x)] [with three to four new exact digits compared to \mboxli(x)\mbox{li}(x)] by making use of the Von Mangoldt explicit formula for the Chebyshev function ψ(x)\psi(x). Another equivalent fit makes use of the Gram formula with the variable ψ(x)\psi(x). Doing so, we evaluate π(x)\pi(x) in the range x=10ix=10^i, i=[150]i=[1\cdots 50] with the help of the first 2×1062\times 10^6 Riemann zeros ρ\rho. A few remarks related to Riemann hypothesis (RH) are given in this context.

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@article{arxiv.1410.1083,
  title  = {Improving riemann prime counting},
  author = {Michel Planat and Patrick Solé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.1083},
  year   = {2017}
}

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