Introduction to number theory lecture 47. The prime number theorem

Опубликовано: 16 Октябрь 2024
на канале: Richard E Borcherds
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This lecture is part of my Berkeley math 115 course "Introduction to number theory"
For the other lectures in the course see    • Introduction to number theory (Berkel...  

We give an overview of the prime number theorem, stating that the number of primes less than x is about x/log x

Zagier's article about the proof: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2975232

The textbook is "An introduction to the theory of numbers" by Niven, Zuckerman, and Montgomery (5th edition).