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A curious prime counting approximation or just data overfitting?


Is Li(x) the best possible approximation to the prime-counting function?Estimate on the prime-counting function $psi(x)$.Asymptotic bounds on $pi^-1(x)$ (inverse prime counting function)Prime-Counting Functiona question for the prime counting functionThe shortest interval for which the prime number theorem holdsParity of the Prime Counting Functionprime counting function pi boundsnth prime better approximationPrime counting. Meissel, Lehmer: is there a general formula?













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I am not sure, if this is a research problem. If not I will move this question to ME:
Let $Omega(n) = sum_p v_p(n)$, which we might view as a random variable.
Let $E_n = frac1n sum_k=1^nOmega(k)$ be the expected value and $V_n=frac1n sum_k=1^n(E_n-Omega(k))^2$ be the variance.
Then
$$pi(n) approx fracngamma(fracV_nE_n,1.4854177cdot fracV_nE_n^2)Gamma(fracV_nE_n)$$
where $Gamma=$ Gamma function, $gamma=$ lower incomplete gamma function.



Background:
I was trying to fit the gamma distribution to the random variable $Omega(k)$ ,$1 le k le n$. The value $1.4854177$ is fitted to some data.
My question is, if there is any heuristic why this approximation should be good, if at all, or if this is just an overfitting problem?



Below you can find some sage code which implements this:



def Omega(n):
return sum([valuation(n,p) for p in prime_divisors(n)])

means = []
variances = []
xxs = []
omegas = [Omega(k) for k in range(1,10^4)]
for nn in range(10^4,10^4+3*10^3+1):
n = nn
omegas.append(Omega(n))
print "---"
m = mean(omegas[1:-1])
v = variance(omegas[1:-1])
shape,scale = m^2/v,v/m
xx = find_root(lambda xx : n*(lower_gamma(shape,xx*1/scale)/gamma(shape) ).N()-prime_pi(n),1,2)
xx = 1.4854177706344873
approxPrimePi2 = n*(lower_gamma(shape,xx*1/scale)/gamma(shape) ).N()
primepi = prime_pi(n)
print primepi, approxPrimePi2,shape.N(),scale.N(),xx
print "---"
print "err2 = %s" % (abs(primepi-approxPrimePi2)/primepi)
xxs.append(xx)
means.append(m.N())
variances.append(v.N())









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    Does $1.485...$ correspond to some known constant?
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I am not sure, if this is a research problem. If not I will move this question to ME:
Let $Omega(n) = sum_p v_p(n)$, which we might view as a random variable.
Let $E_n = frac1n sum_k=1^nOmega(k)$ be the expected value and $V_n=frac1n sum_k=1^n(E_n-Omega(k))^2$ be the variance.
Then
$$pi(n) approx fracngamma(fracV_nE_n,1.4854177cdot fracV_nE_n^2)Gamma(fracV_nE_n)$$
where $Gamma=$ Gamma function, $gamma=$ lower incomplete gamma function.



Background:
I was trying to fit the gamma distribution to the random variable $Omega(k)$ ,$1 le k le n$. The value $1.4854177$ is fitted to some data.
My question is, if there is any heuristic why this approximation should be good, if at all, or if this is just an overfitting problem?



Below you can find some sage code which implements this:



def Omega(n):
return sum([valuation(n,p) for p in prime_divisors(n)])

means = []
variances = []
xxs = []
omegas = [Omega(k) for k in range(1,10^4)]
for nn in range(10^4,10^4+3*10^3+1):
n = nn
omegas.append(Omega(n))
print "---"
m = mean(omegas[1:-1])
v = variance(omegas[1:-1])
shape,scale = m^2/v,v/m
xx = find_root(lambda xx : n*(lower_gamma(shape,xx*1/scale)/gamma(shape) ).N()-prime_pi(n),1,2)
xx = 1.4854177706344873
approxPrimePi2 = n*(lower_gamma(shape,xx*1/scale)/gamma(shape) ).N()
primepi = prime_pi(n)
print primepi, approxPrimePi2,shape.N(),scale.N(),xx
print "---"
print "err2 = %s" % (abs(primepi-approxPrimePi2)/primepi)
xxs.append(xx)
means.append(m.N())
variances.append(v.N())









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  • $begingroup$
    Does $1.485...$ correspond to some known constant?
    $endgroup$
    – Sylvain JULIEN
    7 hours ago











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    I am not sure. Maybe.
    $endgroup$
    – orgesleka
    7 hours ago













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I am not sure, if this is a research problem. If not I will move this question to ME:
Let $Omega(n) = sum_p v_p(n)$, which we might view as a random variable.
Let $E_n = frac1n sum_k=1^nOmega(k)$ be the expected value and $V_n=frac1n sum_k=1^n(E_n-Omega(k))^2$ be the variance.
Then
$$pi(n) approx fracngamma(fracV_nE_n,1.4854177cdot fracV_nE_n^2)Gamma(fracV_nE_n)$$
where $Gamma=$ Gamma function, $gamma=$ lower incomplete gamma function.



Background:
I was trying to fit the gamma distribution to the random variable $Omega(k)$ ,$1 le k le n$. The value $1.4854177$ is fitted to some data.
My question is, if there is any heuristic why this approximation should be good, if at all, or if this is just an overfitting problem?



Below you can find some sage code which implements this:



def Omega(n):
return sum([valuation(n,p) for p in prime_divisors(n)])

means = []
variances = []
xxs = []
omegas = [Omega(k) for k in range(1,10^4)]
for nn in range(10^4,10^4+3*10^3+1):
n = nn
omegas.append(Omega(n))
print "---"
m = mean(omegas[1:-1])
v = variance(omegas[1:-1])
shape,scale = m^2/v,v/m
xx = find_root(lambda xx : n*(lower_gamma(shape,xx*1/scale)/gamma(shape) ).N()-prime_pi(n),1,2)
xx = 1.4854177706344873
approxPrimePi2 = n*(lower_gamma(shape,xx*1/scale)/gamma(shape) ).N()
primepi = prime_pi(n)
print primepi, approxPrimePi2,shape.N(),scale.N(),xx
print "---"
print "err2 = %s" % (abs(primepi-approxPrimePi2)/primepi)
xxs.append(xx)
means.append(m.N())
variances.append(v.N())









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I am not sure, if this is a research problem. If not I will move this question to ME:
Let $Omega(n) = sum_p v_p(n)$, which we might view as a random variable.
Let $E_n = frac1n sum_k=1^nOmega(k)$ be the expected value and $V_n=frac1n sum_k=1^n(E_n-Omega(k))^2$ be the variance.
Then
$$pi(n) approx fracngamma(fracV_nE_n,1.4854177cdot fracV_nE_n^2)Gamma(fracV_nE_n)$$
where $Gamma=$ Gamma function, $gamma=$ lower incomplete gamma function.



Background:
I was trying to fit the gamma distribution to the random variable $Omega(k)$ ,$1 le k le n$. The value $1.4854177$ is fitted to some data.
My question is, if there is any heuristic why this approximation should be good, if at all, or if this is just an overfitting problem?



Below you can find some sage code which implements this:



def Omega(n):
return sum([valuation(n,p) for p in prime_divisors(n)])

means = []
variances = []
xxs = []
omegas = [Omega(k) for k in range(1,10^4)]
for nn in range(10^4,10^4+3*10^3+1):
n = nn
omegas.append(Omega(n))
print "---"
m = mean(omegas[1:-1])
v = variance(omegas[1:-1])
shape,scale = m^2/v,v/m
xx = find_root(lambda xx : n*(lower_gamma(shape,xx*1/scale)/gamma(shape) ).N()-prime_pi(n),1,2)
xx = 1.4854177706344873
approxPrimePi2 = n*(lower_gamma(shape,xx*1/scale)/gamma(shape) ).N()
primepi = prime_pi(n)
print primepi, approxPrimePi2,shape.N(),scale.N(),xx
print "---"
print "err2 = %s" % (abs(primepi-approxPrimePi2)/primepi)
xxs.append(xx)
means.append(m.N())
variances.append(v.N())






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  • $begingroup$
    Does $1.485...$ correspond to some known constant?
    $endgroup$
    – Sylvain JULIEN
    7 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    I am not sure. Maybe.
    $endgroup$
    – orgesleka
    7 hours ago
















  • $begingroup$
    Does $1.485...$ correspond to some known constant?
    $endgroup$
    – Sylvain JULIEN
    7 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    I am not sure. Maybe.
    $endgroup$
    – orgesleka
    7 hours ago















$begingroup$
Does $1.485...$ correspond to some known constant?
$endgroup$
– Sylvain JULIEN
7 hours ago





$begingroup$
Does $1.485...$ correspond to some known constant?
$endgroup$
– Sylvain JULIEN
7 hours ago













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I am not sure. Maybe.
$endgroup$
– orgesleka
7 hours ago




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Your heuristic approximation is not correct. It was proved by Turán (1934) that
$E_n$ and $V_n$ are both asymptotically $loglog n$. As a result, the RHS of your display is
$$nfracgammaleft(1+o(1),frac1.4854177+o(1)loglog nright)Gammabigl(1+o(1)bigr)=nfrac1.4854177+o(1)loglog n.$$
On the other hand, $pi(n)$ is asymptotically $n/log n$ by the prime number theorem.






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Your heuristic approximation is not correct. It was proved by Turán (1934) that
$E_n$ and $V_n$ are both asymptotically $loglog n$. As a result, the RHS of your display is
$$nfracgammaleft(1+o(1),frac1.4854177+o(1)loglog nright)Gammabigl(1+o(1)bigr)=nfrac1.4854177+o(1)loglog n.$$
On the other hand, $pi(n)$ is asymptotically $n/log n$ by the prime number theorem.






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    thanks. i thought that there must be some mistake
    $endgroup$
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    7 hours ago















8












$begingroup$

Your heuristic approximation is not correct. It was proved by Turán (1934) that
$E_n$ and $V_n$ are both asymptotically $loglog n$. As a result, the RHS of your display is
$$nfracgammaleft(1+o(1),frac1.4854177+o(1)loglog nright)Gammabigl(1+o(1)bigr)=nfrac1.4854177+o(1)loglog n.$$
On the other hand, $pi(n)$ is asymptotically $n/log n$ by the prime number theorem.






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Your heuristic approximation is not correct. It was proved by Turán (1934) that
$E_n$ and $V_n$ are both asymptotically $loglog n$. As a result, the RHS of your display is
$$nfracgammaleft(1+o(1),frac1.4854177+o(1)loglog nright)Gammabigl(1+o(1)bigr)=nfrac1.4854177+o(1)loglog n.$$
On the other hand, $pi(n)$ is asymptotically $n/log n$ by the prime number theorem.






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Your heuristic approximation is not correct. It was proved by Turán (1934) that
$E_n$ and $V_n$ are both asymptotically $loglog n$. As a result, the RHS of your display is
$$nfracgammaleft(1+o(1),frac1.4854177+o(1)loglog nright)Gammabigl(1+o(1)bigr)=nfrac1.4854177+o(1)loglog n.$$
On the other hand, $pi(n)$ is asymptotically $n/log n$ by the prime number theorem.







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