Distribution of Primes

Number Theory Fundamentals · 2:48

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[Verse 1]
Count the primes from one to ten
Two, three, five, and seven then
Pi of x will tell us how
Many primes we've counted now
As numbers grow the primes spread out
But they never fade or run out

[Chorus]
Pi of x over natural log of x
That's the theorem we can't forget
Primes thin out but never die
Logarithmically they multiply
One over ln x shows the way
Probability of primes today

[Verse 2]
Take a number way up high
What's the chance it's prime? We try
One divided by its log
Gives the odds through morning fog
Million, billion, trillion more
Primes get rare but there's no floor

[Chorus]
Pi of x over natural log of x
That's the theorem we can't forget
Primes thin out but never die
Logarithmically they multiply
One over ln x shows the way
Probability of primes today

[Bridge]
As x approaches infinity
The ratio's reality
Pi of x and x over ln x
Dance together, never vexed
Asymptotic harmony
Prime number symphony

[Verse 3]
Bertrand's postulate guarantees
Between n and two n you'll see
At least one prime will always live
This pattern primes will always give
Distribution has its laws to follow
No empty gaps too large to swallow

[Chorus]
Pi of x over natural log of x
That's the theorem we can't forget
Primes thin out but never die
Logarithmically they multiply
One over ln x shows the way
Probability of primes today

[Outro]
Count them up from small to large
Primes are thinning but still at large
Natural log holds the key
To their density mystery

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