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A new bound for the smallest x with π(x) > li(x)

2005/09/14 by Kuok Fai Chao, Chao, Kuok Fai, Roger Plymen +1
Engineering · Mathematics · #11M26 #11N05 #11Y35 #Analytic Number Theory Research #FOS: Mathematics #Limits and Structures in Graph Theory #Number Theory (math.NT) #graph theory and CDMA systems #math.NT #msc:11M26 #msc:11N05 #msc:11Y35

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0509312

Final version, to be published in the International Journal of Number Theory [copyright World Scientific Publishing Company][www.worldscinet.com/ijnt]

openalex publication_date 2005/09/14 · arxiv created 2009/03/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2024/04/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We reduce the leading term in Lehman's theorem. This improved estimate allows us to refine the main theorem of Bays and Hudson. Entering 2,000,000 Riemann zeros, we prove that there exists x in the interval [exp(727.951858), exp(727.952178)] for which π(x)-\li(x) > 3.2 × 10151. There are at least 10154 successive integers x in this interval for which π(x)>\li(x). This interval is strictly a sub-interval of the interval in Bays and Hudson, and is narrower by a factor of about 12.

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