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Friday, January 27, 2023

Not Counting Primes Afterall

 No, sum of the reciprocals of primes is not the count of primes,

π(x)log(x)

but,

ni=11pnlog(n)

more correctly, piecewise,

ni1pnlog(x)|ni

for n and i large, positive.  Which adds no information because, the sum of 1x is smaller than the integration of 1x, ie log(x).  And rightfully,

pn=n

which means a log(x) factor is the result of possible intersections of 1x with xpn+2.

Shifting xpn+2 against 1x to find an integer intercept is,

x1pn+2=y=1x2

x1x2=pn+2

looking for a product of x1 and x2, that rules out pn+2 as prime.

There is still no new information that makes prime pn different from any number x.