Difference between revisions of "Logarithmic integral"
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The logarithmic integral is | The logarithmic integral is | ||
| − | $$\mathrm{li}(x) = \displaystyle\int_0^x \dfrac{ | + | $$\mathrm{li}(x) = \displaystyle\int_0^x \dfrac{1}{\log(t)} \mathrm{d}t,$$ |
where $\log$ denotes the [[logarithm]]. | where $\log$ denotes the [[logarithm]]. | ||
Revision as of 21:19, 23 May 2016
The logarithmic integral is $$\mathrm{li}(x) = \displaystyle\int_0^x \dfrac{1}{\log(t)} \mathrm{d}t,$$ where $\log$ denotes the logarithm.
Graph of $\mathrm{li}$.
Domain coloring of $\mathrm{li}$.
Contents
Properties
Theorem
The following formula holds: $$\mathrm{li}(x)=\mathrm{Ei}( \log(x)),$$ where $\mathrm{li}$ denotes the logarithmic integral, $\mathrm{Ei}$ denotes the exponential integral Ei, and $\log$ denotes the logarithm.
Proof
References
- James Whitbread Lee Glaisher: On certain definite integrals involving the exponential-integral (1881)... (previous)... (next) (note: expresses this relationship as $\mathrm{Ei}(x)=\mathrm{li}(e^x)$)
Theorem
The following formula holds: $$\lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} \dfrac{\pi(x)}{\mathrm{li}(x)}=1,$$ where $\pi$ denotes the prime counting function and $\mathrm{li}$ denotes the logarithmic integral.
