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A Functional Equation in the Heuristic Theory of Primes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

E. M. Wright*
Affiliation:
The University, Aberdeen

Extract

In the preceding note Mr de Visme writes y’(x) for the “density” of primes in the neighbourhood of x and proves heuristically that

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1961

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