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Rosser–Schoenfeld (4.10), small range: product < e^γ log x + 2e^γ/√x for x < 286

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TaoFivePrimes.rosser_schoenfeld_product_bound_to_286

by chstdu · 1 vote · Sep 21, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

analytic-number-theorymertens-theoremnumber-theory

For every real number xxx with 0<x<2860 < x < 2860<x<286,

∏p≤x,  p primepp−1<eγlog⁡x+2eγx,\prod_{p \le x, \; p \text{ prime}} \frac{p}{p-1} < e^{\gamma} \log x + \frac{2e^{\gamma}}{\sqrt{x}},p≤x,p prime∏​p−1p​<eγlogx+x​2eγ​,

where the product runs over the primes p≤xp \le xp≤x and γ\gammaγ denotes the Euler–Mascheroni constant.

This is the small-range leg of the upper half of Theorem 23 of Rosser and Schoenfeld (p. 73, inequality (4.10)): the same bound as in the parent target, restricted to x<286x < 286x<286, the range below which their method is replaced by direct computation. Combined with the sibling middle-range and large-range legs it disposes of the whole range 0<x≤1080 < x \le 10^80<x≤108 needed in their proof of the Mertens product bound (3.29); a Lean proof is a finite certification over the 61 primes p≤283p \le 283p≤283: the product side is evaluated exactly as a rational, log⁡\loglog is bounded below by a 10−610^{-6}10−6-precision Taylor certificate, and  \sqrt{\ } ​ by an integer overestimator, with the analytic step (monotonicity of log⁡t+2/t\log t + 2/\sqrt{t}logt+2/t​ in t≥1t \ge 1t≥1) doing the rest.

Formalization Note. The product is written as in the parent target, ∏ p ∈ Nat.primesLE ⌊x⌋₊, (p : ℝ) / ((p : ℝ) - 1); eγe^{\gamma}eγ is Real.exp Real.eulerMascheroniConstant and x\sqrt{x}x​ is Real.sqrt x.

Preamble
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.PrimeCounting
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Harmonic.EulerMascheroni
Formal statement
namespace TaoFivePrimes
theorem rosser_schoenfeld_product_bound_to_286 (x : ℝ) (hx : 0 < x) (hx' : x < 286) :
    ∏ p ∈ Nat.primesLE ⌊x⌋₊, (p : ℝ) / ((p : ℝ) - 1) <
      Real.exp Real.eulerMascheroniConstant * Real.log x +
        2 * Real.exp Real.eulerMascheroniConstant / Real.sqrt x := by sorry
end TaoFivePrimes
Source
J.B. Rosser, L. Schoenfeld, Approximate formulas for some functions of prime numbers, Illinois J. Math. 6 (1962), 64–94; §5, p. 73, Theorem 23, inequality (4.10) (small range x<286x < 286x<286). https://doi.org/10.1215/ijm/1255631807

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