Etymology

Chebyshev's theorem

Today it means: The theorem that the prime counting function is of the same order of magnitude as x / ln x, i.e., for the prime counting function π, there are positive constants c and C such that Full definition →

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The story

From Pafnuty Chebyshev, the discoverer.

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