##  [Prime Counting](/prime-counting) 

  ##  [Prime Counting](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/prime-counting-0) 

  

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Definition

The computation or estimation of π(x), the function that counts the number of prime numbers less than or equal to a given bound x; includes exact counting algorithms and asymptotic or explicit analytic approximations.