Riemann sums and improper integrals of step functions related to the prime number theorem

DOI10.1016/0021-9045(84)90029-7MaRDI QIDQ791701zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. S. Byrnes, André Giroux, Oved Shisha

Publication date 1984

Published in Journal of Approximation Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9045(84)90029-7

zbMATH Keywords

improper integrals of step functionsprime number theoremRiemann sums

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Distribution of primes (11N05) Integrals of Riemann, Stieltjes and Lebesgue type (26A42)

Review text

The following theorem is stated: Given a sequence of real numbers \(a_ n\), let \(f(x)=a_{[1/x]}\) and consider the sequence of Riemann sums \(B_ n=(1/n)\sum^{n}_{k=1}f(k/n).\) If \(B=\lim_{n\to \infty} B_ n\) exists, then \(\lim_{\epsilon \to 0}\int^{1}_{\epsilon}f(x)dx=B.\) The theorem is proved for a wide class of sequences \(a_ n\). If it were proved completely, it would imply in a very elementary way the prime number theorem, as the paper explains.

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