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In this paper we establish explicit upper and lower bounds for the ratio of the arithmetic and geometric means of the prime numbers, which improve the current best estimates. Further, we prove several conjectures related to this ration…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-05 Christian Axler

Assuming the Riemann hypothesis, we prove the latest explicit version of the prime number theorem for short intervals. Using this result, and assuming the generalised Riemann hypothesis for Dirichlet $L$-functions is true, we then establish…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-03-10 Ethan S. Lee

Prime number theorem asserts that (at large $x$) the prime counting function $\pi(x)$ is approximately the logarithmic integral $\mbox{li}(x)$. In the intermediate range, Riemann prime counting function $\mbox{Ri}^{(N)}(x)=\sum_{n=1}^N…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-12 Michel Planat , Patrick Solé

In this paper we give effective estimates for some classical arithmetic functions defined over prime numbers. First we find the smallest real number $x_0$ so that some inequality involving Chebyshev's $\vartheta$-function holds for every $x…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-30 Christian Axler

We provide very effective methods to convert both asymptotic and explicit numeric bounds on the prime counting function $\psi(x)$ to bounds of the same type on both $\theta(x)$ and $\pi(x)$. This follows up our previous work on $\psi(x)$ in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-18 Andrew Fiori , Habiba Kadiri , Joshua Swidinsky

In order to study the analytic properties of the Goldbach generating function we consider a smooth version, similar to the Chebyshev function for the Prime Number Theorem. In this paper, we obtain explicit numerical estimates for the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-17 Gautami Bhowmik , Anne-Maria Ernvall-Hytönen , Neea Palojärvi

In this paper, we derive new probability bounds for Chebyshev's inequality if the supremum of the probability density function is known. This result holds for one-dimensional or multivariate continuous probability distributions with finite…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-02-12 Tomohiro Nishiyama

In this paper we use refined approximations for Chebyshev's $\vartheta$-function to establish new explicit estimates for the prime counting function $\pi(x)$, which improve the current best estimates for large values of $x$. As an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-03-30 Christian Axler

We introduce a new set of prime numbers functions including an exact Generating Function and a Discriminating Function of Prime Numbers neither based on prime number tables nor on algorithms. Instead these functions are defined in terms of…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-09-07 Eduardo Stella , Celso L Ladera , Guillermo Donoso

Let $\chi$ be a Dirichlet character mod $D$ with $L(s,\chi)$ its associated $L$-function, and let $\psi(x,q,a)$ be Chebyshev's prime-counting function for primes congruent to $a$ modulo $q$. We show that under the assumption of an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-15 Thomas Wright

This paper provides a detailed expository and computational account of the elementary methods developed by P. L. Chebyshev and J. J. Sylvester to establish explicit bounds on the prime counting function. The core of the method involves…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Tsogtgerel Gantumur

Using a recent verification of the Riemann hypothesis up to height $3\cdot 10^{12}$, we provide strong estimates on $\pi(x)$ and other prime counting functions for finite ranges of $x$. In particular, we get that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-15 Daniel R. Johnston

We provide a new version of the Wiener-Ikehara theorem where one deduces bounds $$ 0< \liminf_{x\to\infty} \frac{S(x)}{e^{x}}\leq \limsup_{x\to\infty} \frac{S(x)}{e^{x}} <\infty $$ for (in particular) a non-decreasing function $S$ from a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Yarne Tranoy , Jasson Vindas

We prove a bound on the number of primes with a given splitting behaviour in a given field extension. This bound generalises the Brun-Titchmarsh bound on the number of primes in an arithmetic progression. The proof is set up as an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-03-10 Korneel Debaene

We will provide a new type of zero-density estimate for $\zeta(s)$ when $\sigma$ is sufficiently close to $1$. In particular, we will show that $N(\sigma,T)$ can be bounded by an absolute constant when $\sigma$ is sufficiently close to the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Chiara Bellotti

We improve the lower bound for $V(T)$, the number of sign changes of the error term $\psi(x)-x$ in the Prime Number Theorem in the interval $[1,T]$ for large $T$. We show that \[ \liminf_{T\to\infty}\frac{V(T)}{\log…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Maciej Grześkowiak , Jerzy Kaczorowski , Łukasz Pańkowski , Maciej Radziejewski

We survey results about prime number races, that is, results about the relative sizes of prime counting functions $\pi_{q,a}(x)$, with $q$ fixed and $a$ varying. In particular, we describe recent work by the authors on these problems.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-22 Kevin Ford , Sergei Konyagin

In this paper a new integral for the remainder of $\pi(x)$ is obtained. It is proved that there is an infinite set of the formulae containing miscellaneous parts of this integral.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2011-05-26 Jan Moser

By considering the prime zeta function, the author intended to demonstrate in that the Riemann zeta function zeta(s) does not vanish for Re(s)>1/2, which would have proven the Riemann hypothesis. However, he later realised that the proof of…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-02-26 Tatenda Kubalalika

Some computations made about the Riemann Hypothesis and in particular, the verification that zeroes of zeta belong on the critical line and the extension of zero-free region are useful to get better effective estimates of number theory…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-02-03 Pierre Dusart