Re: Sum of 1/Primes
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- Subject: [mg37093] Re: Sum of 1/Primes
- From: "Robert G. Wilson v" <rgwv at kspaint.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 05:25:44 -0400 (EDT)
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You need to see: http://www.research.att.com/cgi-bin/access.cgi/as/njas/sequences/eisA.cgi?Anum=A016088 Jens-Peer Kuska wrote: >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 >>> >>> >>>