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Legendre's constant

Legendre's constant proper noun: a mathematical constant occurring in a formula to approximate the behavior of the prime-counting function π(x), originally chosen to be 1.08366 but now known to be exactly 1.

Proper noun

Legendre's constant

  1. A mathematical constant occurring in a formula to approximate the behavior of the prime-counting function π(x), originally chosen to be 1.08366 but now known to be exactly 1.

Origin of Legendre's constant

Introduced by Adrien-Marie Legendre.

Questions about Legendre's constant

What does Legendre's constant mean?
Legendre's constant means a mathematical constant occurring in a formula to approximate the behavior of the prime-counting function π(x), originally chosen to be 1.08366 but now known to be exactly 1.
What part of speech is Legendre's constant?
Legendre's constant is a proper noun.

Words near Legendre's constant in the dictionary

  1. Legendre symbol
  2. Legendre symbols
  3. Legendre transformation
  4. Legendre transformations
  5. Legendre's conjecture
  6. Legendre's constant
  7. Legendre's differential equation
  8. Legendres
  9. legendrian
  10. legendrians
  11. legendries

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