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Proof the Skewes’ number is not an integer using lattice points and tangent line

Open Access
|Dec 2021

Abstract

Skewes’ number was discovered in 1933 by South African mathematician Stanley Skewes as upper bound for the first sign change of the difference π (x) − li(x). Whether a Skewes’ number is an integer is an open problem of Number Theory. Assuming Schanuel’s conjecture, it can be shown that Skewes’ number is transcendental. In our paper we have chosen a different approach to prove Skewes’ number is an integer, using lattice points and tangent line. In the paper we acquaint the reader also with prime numbers and their use in RSA coding, we present the primary algorithms Lehmann test and Rabin-Miller test for determining the prime numbers, we introduce the Prime Number Theorem and define the prime-counting function and logarithmic integral function and show their relation.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jamsi-2021-0006 | Journal eISSN: 1339-0015 | Journal ISSN: 1336-9180
Language: English
Page range: 5 - 18
Submitted on: Sep 1, 2021
Published on: Dec 30, 2021
Published by: University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year

© 2021 V. Ďuriš, T. Šumný, T. Lengyelfalusy, published by University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
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