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prime-counting function

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function representing the number of primes less than or equal to a given number

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The values of π(n) for the first 60 positive integers

In mathematics, the prime-counting function is the function counting the number of prime numbers less than or equal to some real number x. It is denoted by π(x) (unrelated to the number π).

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