English Explanatory Dictionary

Skewes' number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several extremely large numbers used as upper bounds for the smallest natural number x for which π(x)> operatorname li(x), where π is the prime-counting function and li is the logarithmic integral function. These bounds have since been improved by others.

Word forms

Skewes' number Skewes' numbers

Etymology

Named after South African mathematician Stanley Skewes.

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