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The sum of the reciprocals of the primes diverges

Statement

The series

\sum_{p} \frac{1}{p}

diverges.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The reciprocal-prime partial sums.

[L1]

Mertens' second theorem gives

\sum_{p \leq x} \frac{1}{p} = \log \log x + B_{1} + O (1 / \log x)

(Mertens' second theorem for primes).

Proof

technique · direct

1.1

By [L1], the partial sums differ from $\log \log x$ by a bounded quantity as $x \to \infty$ .

2.1

Since $\log \log x \to \infty$ , the partial sums $\sum_{p \leq x} \frac{1}{p}$ also tend to infinity. Therefore the prime reciprocal series diverges.

step 1.1algebra∎

Depends on

Mertens' second theorem for primes

Used by

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Sources

Leo Goldmakher, A Quick Proof of Mertens' Theorem (standard reference, not scraped)