A Direct Proof of the Prime Number Theorem using Riemann's Prime-counting Function

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Abstract

In this paper, we develop a novel analytic method to prove the prime number theorem in de la Vallée Poussin's form: π(x)=li⁡(x)+O(xe−clog⁡x) π(x)=\operatorname{li}(x)+\mathcal O(xe^{-c\sqrt{\log x}}) Instead of performing asymptotic expansion on Chebyshev functions as in conventional analytic methods, this new approach uses contour-integration method to analyze Riemann's prime counting function J(x)J(x), which only differs from π(x)π(x) by O(x/log⁡x)\mathcal O(\sqrt x/\log x).

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