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How the Primes Are Distributed
In this Demonstration,
is the
prime (red points) while
is the number of primes less than or equal to
(blue points).
Contributed by:
Bill Collins
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Mathematica
implements
and
as
Prime[n]
and
PrimePi[n]
.
RELATED LINKS
Prime
(
Wolfram
Mathematica
Documentation Center
)
Prime Counting Function
(
Wolfram
MathWorld
)
Prime Number
(
Wolfram
MathWorld
)
PrimePi
(
Wolfram
Mathematica
Documentation Center
)
PERMANENT CITATION
Bill Collins
"
How the Primes Are Distributed
"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/HowThePrimesAreDistributed/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: January 5, 2012
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