# Series Involving Prime Numbers

• September 4th 2011, 06:14 PM
everk
Series Involving Prime Numbers
Hi, I really don't know how to prove that the following series converges..
$\lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{p \leq x}(p \log(p))^{-1}$

Thanks so much!!
Everk
• September 4th 2011, 07:04 PM
ILoveMaths07
Re: Series Involving Prime Numbers
Use the integral test.
• September 5th 2011, 08:27 AM
everk
Re: Series Involving Prime Numbers
Quote:

Originally Posted by ILoveMaths07
Use the integral test.

By the integral test this series diverges.... We have to use much more than this!!!
• September 5th 2011, 12:45 PM
Opalg
Re: Series Involving Prime Numbers
Quote:

Originally Posted by everk
Hi, I really don't know how to prove that the following series converges..
$\lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{p \leq x}(p \log(p))^{-1}$

I guess you need some heavy machinery for this. The n'th prime number $p_n$ satisfies $p_n\geqslant n\log n$, because of the prime number theorem. Also (obviously) $p_n>n$ and so $\log p_n>\log n.$

Therefore $\frac1{p_n\log p_n}<\frac1{n(\log n)^2}$. But $\sum\frac1{n(\log n)^2}$ converges, by the integral test. Hence, by the comparison test, so does $\sum\frac1{p_n\log p_n}.$
• September 5th 2011, 01:14 PM
chisigma
Re: Series Involving Prime Numbers
Quote:

Originally Posted by everk
Hi, I really don't know how to prove that the following series converges..
$\lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{p \leq x}(p \log(p))^{-1}$

Thanks so much!!
Everk

In...

http://www.mathhelpforum.com/math-he...ers-84832.html

... it has been demonstrated that...

$\sum_{k=2}^{n} \pi(k) \sim \ln (\ln n)$ (1)

... where...

$\pi(k) =\begin{cases}\frac{1}{k} &\text{k prime}\\ 0 &\text{elsewhere}\end{cases}$ (2)

Now is...

$\ln (\ln n) \sim \int_{2}^{n} \frac{dx}{x\ \ln x} = \ln (\ln n)-\ln (\ln 2)$ (3)

... so that...

$\sum_{k=2}^{n} \frac{\pi(k)}{\ln k} \sim \int_{2}^{n} \frac{dx}{x\ \ln^{2} x} = \frac{1}{\ln 2}-\frac{1}{\ln n}$ (4)

Kind regards

$\chi$ $\sigma$