The Shapiro-class formula for the prime-counting function

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Let S(n)S(n) denote the Shapiro-class function and let B=γ/log⁡2B=\gamma/\log 2, where γ\gamma is the Euler–Mascheroni constant. Define

G(n)=n2S(n)+(bn)2S(⌊bn⌋).G(n)=\frac{n^2}{S(n)}+\frac{(bn)^2}{S(\lfloor bn\rfloor)}.

Shapiro-class formula for π(n)\pi(n). Then G(n)∼π(n)G(n)\sim\pi(n) for a constant bb, where

b≈eB10≈0.22996… .b\approx \frac{e^B}{10}\approx 0.22996\dots.

This conjecture refines the comparison of the prime-counting function with the Shapiro-class function and is motivated by the observed error in approximating π(n)\pi(n) by n2/S(n)n^2/S(n).

References

Primary source

Hartosh Singh Bal and Gaurav Bhatnagar, “Prime number conjectures from the Shapiro class structure”, arXiv:1903.09619 (2020).

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