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In mathematics, a Ramanujan prime is a prime number that satisfies a result proven by Srinivasa Ramanujan relating to the prime-counting function. ==Origins and definition== In 1919, Ramanujan published a new proof of Bertrand's postulate which, as he notes, was first proved by Chebyshev. At the end of the two-page published paper, Ramanujan derived a generalized result, and that is: : ≥ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... for all ''x'' ≥ 2, 11, 17, 29, 41, ... respectively, where is the prime-counting function, equal to the number of primes less than or equal to ''x''. The converse of this result is the definition of Ramanujan primes: :The ''n''th Ramanujan prime is the least integer ''Rn'' for which ≥ ''n'', for all ''x'' ≥ ''Rn''. The first five Ramanujan primes are thus 2, 11, 17, 29, and 41. Equivalently, :Ramanujan primes are the least integers ''Rn'' for which there are at least ''n'' primes between ''x'' and ''x''/2 for all ''x'' ≥ ''Rn''. Note that the integer ''Rn'' is necessarily a prime number: and, hence, must increase by obtaining another prime at ''x'' = ''Rn''. Since can increase by at most 1, : ''Rn''''Rn''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ramanujan prime」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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