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The mean square of the error term in the prime number theorem

dc.contributor.authorBrent, Richard
dc.contributor.authorPlatt, David John
dc.contributor.authorTrudgian, Tim
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-27T23:25:32Z
dc.date.available2026-01-27T23:25:32Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2023-10-22T07:16:18Z
dc.description.abstractWe show that, on the Riemann hypothesis, lim supX→∞I(X)/X2⩽0.8603, where I(X)=∫X2X(ψ(x)−x)2dx. This proves (and improves on) a claim by Pintz from 1982. We also show unconditionally that 1.86⋅10−4⩽I(X)/X2 for sufficiently large X, and that the I(X)/X2 has no limit as X→∞.
dc.description.sponsorshipDJP is supported by Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP160100932 and EPSRC Grant EP/K034383/1 ; TST is supported by Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP160100932 and Future Fellowship FT160100094.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0022-314X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733804974
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherAcademic Press
dc.relationhttps://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100932
dc.relationhttps://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT160100094
dc.rights© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
dc.sourceJournal of Number Theory
dc.titleThe mean square of the error term in the prime number theorem
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage762
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage740
local.contributor.affiliationBrent, Richard, College of Science, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationPlatt, David John, University of Bristol
local.contributor.affiliationTrudgian, Tim, UNSW Canberra
local.contributor.authoruidBrent, Richard, u4241028
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor490401 - Algebra and number theory
local.identifier.absfor490399 - Numerical and computational mathematics not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB24022
local.identifier.citationvolume238
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jnt.2021.09.016
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85118324875
local.type.statusPublished Version
publicationvolume.volumeNumber238

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