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=== ''Ο''(''x''), Ξ (''x''), ''Ο''(''x''), ''Ο''(''x'') β prime-counting functions=== These important functions (which are not arithmetic functions) are defined for non-negative real arguments, and are used in the various statements and proofs of the [[prime number theorem]]. They are summation functions (see the main section just below) of arithmetic functions which are neither multiplicative nor additive. ''Ο''(''x''), the [[prime-counting function]], is the number of primes not exceeding ''x''. It is the summation function of the [[indicator function|characteristic function]] of the prime numbers. <math display="block">\pi(x) = \sum_{p \le x} 1</math> A related function counts prime powers with weight 1 for primes, 1/2 for their squares, 1/3 for cubes, etc. It is the summation function of the arithmetic function which takes the value 1/''k'' on integers which are the ''k''th power of some prime number, and the value 0 on other integers. <math display="block">\Pi(x) = \sum_{p^k\le x}\frac{1}{k}.</math> ''Ο''(''x'') and ''Ο''(''x''), the [[Chebyshev function]]s, are defined as sums of the natural logarithms of the primes not exceeding ''x''. <math display="block">\vartheta(x)=\sum_{p\le x} \log p,</math> <math display="block"> \psi(x) = \sum_{p^k\le x} \log p.</math> The second Chebyshev function ''Ο''(''x'') is the summation function of the von Mangoldt function just below.
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