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Rosser–Schoenfeld (1962), Theorem 23 (4.10) upper half: ∏p≤xp/(p−1)<eγlog⁡x+2eγ/x\prod_{p\le x} p/(p-1) < e^{\gamma}\log x + 2e^{\gamma}/\sqrt{x}∏p≤x​p/(p−1)<eγlogx+2eγ/x​ for 0<x≤1080 < x \le 10^80<x≤108

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TaoFivePrimes.rosser_schoenfeld_product_bound_to_1e8

by chstdu · Sep 20, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

analytic-number-theorymertens-theoremnumber-theory

For every real number xxx with 0<x≤1080 < x \le 10^80<x≤108,

∏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 upper half of Theorem 23 of Rosser and Schoenfeld (p. 73, inequality (4.10)), quoted verbatim apart from the omission of the companion lower bound eγlog⁡x<∏p≤xp/(p−1)e^{\gamma}\log x < \prod_{p \le x} p/(p-1)eγlogx<∏p≤x​p/(p−1). In their program it disposes of the middle range of xxx in the proof of the Mertens product bound (3.29); combined with the elementary comparison 2/x≤1/(2log⁡x)2/\sqrt{x} \le 1/(2\log x)2/x​≤1/(2logx), that is, 4log⁡x≤x4 \log x \le \sqrt{x}4logx≤x​, it yields (3.29) on any range where that comparison holds. Rosser and Schoenfeld establish it by computation over the primes up to 10810^8108; a Lean proof is expected to require a substantial finite certification effort.

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_1e8 (x : ℝ) (hx : 0 < x) (hx' : x ≤ 10 ^ 8) :
    ∏ 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). https://doi.org/10.1215/ijm/1255631807

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