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A new elementary proof of the Prime Number Theorem

Number Theory 2022-05-16 v3

Abstract

Let Ω(n)\Omega(n) denote the number of prime factors of nn. We show that for any bounded f ⁣:NCf\colon\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{C} one has 1Nn=1Nf(Ω(n)+1)=1Nn=1Nf(Ω(n))+oN(1). \frac{1}{N}\sum_{n=1}^N\, f(\Omega(n)+1)=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{n=1}^N\, f(\Omega(n))+\mathrm{o}_{N\to\infty}(1). This yields a new elementary proof of the Prime Number Theorem.

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@article{arxiv.2002.03255,
  title  = {A new elementary proof of the Prime Number Theorem},
  author = {Florian K. Richter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.03255},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

13 pages; to appear in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society; corrected a small mistake in the proof of Proposition 2.2, see footnote 2 at the bottom of page 10

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