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Prime Theta Function

The prime theta function is defined as

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\theta(n)\equiv \sum_{i=1}^n \ln p_i,
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where $p_i$ is the $i$th Prime. As shown by Bach and Shallit (1996),

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\theta(n)\sim n.
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References

Bach, E. and Shallit, J. Algorithmic Number Theory, Vol. 1: Efficient Algorithms. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 206 and 233, 1996.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26