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Prime Number Theorem

Also Known As PNT
Number Theory
Step Count Approaching a Smooth Curve

The prime number theorem describes how prime numbers are distributed among the positive integers. It formalizes the intuitive idea that primes become less common as they become larger by precisely quantifying the rate at which this occurs. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Statement
The number of primes less than or equal to x, written pi(x), grows asymptotically like x divided by the natural logarithm of x, so their ratio approaches 1 as x grows large; equivalently, the average gap between consecutive primes near N is roughly the natural logarithm of N. 1
Proof Year
1896 1
Classification
Statement Form
Inequality 1
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Associated With

Prime Number, Concepts

The theorem quantifies how the density of prime numbers thins out among the integers.

Additional Source Prime Number Theorem (Wikipedia)lead paragraph

Has Statement Form

Inequality, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the statement-form enum value this theorem already carries, resolved to a mathematics concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The statement-form fact itself stays on the theorem unchanged.

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1. Prime Number Theorem (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • lead paragraph
    It formalizes the intuitive idea that primes become less common as they become larger by precisely quantifying the rate at which this occurs.
  • body text
    the average gap between consecutive prime numbers among the first N integers is roughly log(N)
  • history section
    independently proved by Jacques Hadamard and Charles Jean de la Vallee Poussin in 1896
  • lead section
    the prime number theorem (PNT) describes the asymptotic distribution of prime numbers among the positive integers.
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