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prime number theorem

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

The theorem that the number of prime numbers less than n asymptotically approaches n / ln(n) as n approaches infinity.

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Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences

Examples

  • 1974 [Academic Press], Harold M. Edwards, Riemann's Zeta Function, 2001, Dover, page 182, The problem of locating the roots p of ζ, and consequently the problem of estimating the error in the prime number theorem, is closely related to the problem of estimating the growth of ζ in the critical strip 0<Res<1 as Ims→∞.

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Meaning 2

Any theorem that concerns the distribution of prime numbers.

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Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences

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  • German: Primzahlsatz — particular theorem about the asymptotic density of prime numbers
  • Polish: twierdzenie o liczbach pierwszych — particular theorem about the asymptotic density of prime numbers
  • German: Primzahlsatz — any theorem about the density of prime numbers
  • Polish: twierdzenie o liczbach pierwszych — any theorem about the density of prime numbers