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Sharper bounds for the error in the prime number theorem assuming the Riemann Hypothesis

Number Theory 2025-10-03 v4

Abstract

In this paper, we establish new bounds for classical prime-counting functions. All of our bounds are explicit and assume the Riemann Hypothesis. First, we prove that ψ(x)x|\psi(x) - x| and ϑ(x)x|\vartheta(x) - x| are bounded from above by xlogx(logxloglogx)8π\frac{\sqrt{x}\log{x}(\log{x} - \log\log{x})}{8\pi} for all x101x\geq 101 and x2657x \geq 2\,657 respectively, where ψ(x)\psi(x) and ϑ(x)\vartheta(x) are the Chebyshev ψ\psi and ϑ\vartheta functions. Using the extra precision offered by these results, we also prove new explicit descriptions for the error in each of Mertens' theorems which improve earlier bounds by Schoenfeld.

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@article{arxiv.2312.05628,
  title  = {Sharper bounds for the error in the prime number theorem assuming the Riemann Hypothesis},
  author = {Ethan Simpson Lee and Paweł Nosal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.05628},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Big update over previous versions of the paper, wherein we have streamlined all of our arguments to improve readability of the paper