On a theorem of Edmund Landau (Q2762844)

Let \(\pi(x)\) denote the number of primes \(\leq x\). The Landau theorem states that \(\pi(2x)\leq 2 \pi(x)\) for \(x\geq x_0\). Since 1969 it is known that this holds for \(x_0=2\). In connection with this result and the famous Hardy and Littlewood conjecture: \(\pi(x+y)\leq \pi(x)+\pi(y),x,y\geq 2\), the author proves that \(\pi(x+y)\leq 2[\pi(x)+\pi(y)]-2\pi(\sqrt{xy})\), and that \(\pi(2\sqrt{xy})\leq \pi(x)+\pi(y)\) \((x,y\geq 2)\). The proof uses results of Rosser and Schoenfeld, some recent results due to the author, as well as certain convex functions.