Re: Sum of 1/Primes
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- Subject: [mg36979] Re: Sum of 1/Primes
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 05:01:15 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, > > This sum converges, see a math text book ! That's nonsense http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeSums.html Regards Jens > > On Wednesday 02 October 2002 09:31, Matthias.Bode at oppenheim.de wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > I calculated: > > > > Sum[1/Prime[n], {n, 15000}] // N > > > > Result: 2.74716 > > > > Now I wonder if this sum will converge or keep on growing, albeit very > > slowly. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Matthias Bode > > Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA > > Koenigsberger Strasse 29 > > D-60487 Frankfurt am Main > > GERMANY > > Tel.: +49(0)69 71 34 53 80 > > Mobile: +49(0)172 6 74 95 77 > > Fax: +49(0)69 71 34 95 380 > > E-mail: matthias.bode at oppenheim.de > > Internet: http://www.oppenheim.de > > > > > >