Sharper bounds for the error in the prime number theorem assuming the Riemann Hypothesis
In this paper, we establish new bounds for classical prime-counting functions. All of our bounds are explicit and assume the Riemann Hypothesis. First, we prove that | ψ ( x ) − x | and | ϑ ( x ) − x | are bounded from above by x log x ( log x − log log x ) 8 π for all x ≥ 101 and x ≥ 2 657 respectively, where ψ ( x ) and ϑ ( x ) are the Chebyshev ψ and ϑ functions. Using the extra precision offered by these results, we also prove new explicit descriptions for the error in each of Mertens' theorems which improve earlier bounds by Schoenfeld.
Authors
- Ethan Simpson Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4978-6054)
- Paweł Nosal
Institutions
- University of the West of England (GB)
- University of Warwick (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Number Theory
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2025.12.003
- Primary Topic
- Analytic Number Theory Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00