Modified prime number theorem for the number trail

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Let pkp_k be the kkth prime and define the number-trail prime-counting function by

π∞(N):=max⁡{k:L∞(pk)≤N}.\pi_\infty(N):=\max\{k:L_\infty(p_k)\leq N\}.

Let c0c_0 be the constant defined by the limiting relation for L∞(N)/NL_\infty(N)/N, and let

Li⁡(x)=∫2x1ln⁡y dy.\operatorname{Li}(x)=\int_2^x\frac{1}{\ln y}\,dy.

Modified prime number theorem.

lim⁡N→∞π∞(N)N/log⁡N=lim⁡N→∞π∞(N)Li⁡(N)=1c0≈0.436992….\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{\pi_\infty(N)}{N/\log N} =\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{\pi_\infty(N)}{\operatorname{Li}(N)} =\frac{1}{c_0}\approx0.436992\ldots.

This conjecture predicts that counting primes along the number trail changes the usual prime-number asymptotic only by the scaling factor 1/c01/c_0; it is conditional in the surrounding discussion on the existence of the limiting constant and is not resolved in the source.

References

Primary source

István Kolossváry and István Kolossváry, “The Prime Grid. Introducing a geometric representation of natural numbers”, arXiv:1711.02903 (2017).

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