Atovigba's prime number equation publicly presented at a BSU seminar

[Michael Atovigba]

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From: Michael Atovigba <mikeat...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 02:28:08 -0700
Subject: daily tigons Atovigba's prime number equation publicly
presented at a BSU seminar
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The new prime number equation discovered by Benue State University
lecturer Michael Atovigba, was presented May 9 at a semminar organised
by the university's department of curriculum and teaching.
Atovigba has stated in the equation that total number of primes up to
a natural number is K-C where K stands for total count of odd numbers
and C total count of odd composites up to a given natural number N.
The seminar did not question the workability of the equation. However
it demanded clearer explanation of variables leading to K and C. Head
of Mathematics department Dr. Mike Imande participated actively at the
seminar. A day after the seminar, Dr Imande sent a text to Atovigba
saying: 'that was a good attempt yesterday. If establishing the proof
of your theory appears difficult, you could consider proof by
induction. I sincerely appreciate your attempts and deep interest in
pure mathematics. Well done.'
Atovigba's work is an alternative to the existing prime number
function. The existng prime number function is largely based on
Riemann Hypothesis. However, Atovigba claims that his equation K-C
produces more precise totals of primes up to a natural number than the
existing prime number function.
Added to that, from Atovigba's equation, the existing stated
probability 1/logx for any random integer x being a prime number is
faulty. Atovigba argued in his paper that the so called random integer
x could be an even number, of which no even number except 2 will ever
be a prime. Hence only odd numbers are candidates to being prime,
which makes the existing 1/logx probability assertion for the random
integer to be faulty. Atovigba therefore provided that the classical
probability of an odd integer being prime is 1/(K-C).
The seminar was presided over by head of curriculum and teaching
department, Prof. Elizabeth Gyuse who also contributed actively at the
session. It was coordinated by Dr. John Kyereve who has just joined
BSU from Brunei.
The seminar was first of its kind when a BSU lecturer would present a
breakthrough from his research.
Indeed departmental seminars are scarce with BSU. Thus credit goes to
the new head of the curriculum and teaching deaprtment Prof. Gyuse who
has instituted the department's seminar series thus challenging
members of the department to preent results of their on-going
researches.
Associate Professor of Science Education, Dr. Emmanuel Achor commended
Atovigba's attempt and advised the department to take Atovigba's
findings to a higher level.

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