On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:44:00 +0100, Jack <jj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote in <news:lIFhk.986$PL3.827@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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alt.algebra.help:
> BTW thinking once more of the Erdos-Kac histogram, I am
> trying to establish a formal way of expressing a matter
> regarding the curve that forms the shape of the
> histogram (i.e. the skewed normal curve). I want to say
> that the difference in the shape of the curve between
> the case in which the heights of the bars includes all
> factors of n for n over [1,y] is, by the proof of the
> prime number theorem,
By *the* proof of the prime number theorem? There's more
than one proof of the prime number theorem, and I doubt that
you're familiar enough with any of them to make such a claim
anyway. (You do realize, I hope, that 'by the proof of
theorem X' is not synonymous with 'by theorem X'.)
> negligibly different from the case for which the
> histogram includes only members of P in its vertical axis
> (and I trust you'll agree that this asserion is true).
Why should I? I've seen no proof of it. I don't even know
precisely what you're trying to say, since you haven't
specified in what sense the difference is negligible.
(Sometimes the precise meaning of 'negligible' can be
inferred from context; here it cannot.)
> Can you help?
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