An Asymptotic Formula for the Chebyshev Theta Function

Publication date 25 February 2019

Abstract: Let

{p_{n}}_{n g e 1}

be the sequence of primes and

v a r t h e t a (x) = s u m_{p l e q x} l o g p

, where

p

runs over the primes not exceeding

x

, be the Chebyshev

v a r t h e t a

-function. In this note we derive lower and upper bounds for

v a r t h e t a (p_{n}) / n

by comparing it with

l o g p_{n + 1}

and deduce that

v a r t h e t a (p_{n}) / n = l o g p_{n + 1} l e f t (1 - f r a c 1 l o g n + f r a c l o g l o g n l o g^{2} n l e f t (1 + o (1) i g h t) i g h t) .

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