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Chebyshev functions

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Definition

Let xx be a real number. The first Chebyshev function is ϑ(x)=∑p≤xlog⁡p,\vartheta(x) = \sum_{p \le x} \log p, where pp runs over the prime numbers at most xx and log⁡\log is the natural logarithm. The second Chebyshev function is ψ(x)=∑p,kpk≤xlog⁡p=∑1≤n≤xΛ(n).\psi(x) = \sum_{\substack{p, k \\ p^k \le x}} \log p = \sum_{1 \le n \le x} \Lambda(n). Here the first sum runs over the pairs of a prime pp and an integer k≥1k \ge 1. The symbol Λ\Lambda denotes the von Mangoldt function.

Remarks

Example: ϑ(10)=log⁡2+log⁡3+log⁡5+log⁡7=log⁡210\vartheta(10) = \log 2 + \log 3 + \log 5 + \log 7 = \log 210. The prime powers up to 1010 are 2,4,8,3,9,5,72, 4, 8, 3, 9, 5, 7, so ψ(10)=log⁡(23⋅32⋅5⋅7)=log⁡2520\psi(10) = \log(2^3 \cdot 3^2 \cdot 5 \cdot 7) = \log 2520. In general ψ(x)=log⁡lcm⁡(1,2,…,⌊x⌋)\psi(x) = \log \operatorname{lcm}(1, 2, \dots, \floor{x}) for x≥1x \ge 1. Non-example: ∑n≤10log⁡n=log⁡10!\sum_{n \le 10} \log n = \log 10! is not ψ(10)\psi(10), since it also has terms such as log⁡6\log 6 for nn that are not prime powers. The two functions are related by ψ(x)=∑k≥1ϑ(x1/k)\psi(x) = \sum_{k \ge 1} \vartheta(x^{1/k}), and ψ(x)−ϑ(x)=O(xlog⁡x)\psi(x) - \vartheta(x) = O(\sqrt{x} \log x). Both are 00 for x<2x < 2.

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