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Teaching prime number theorem in a complex analysis class for physicists
This is a question about pedagogy.
I want to sketch the proof of the prime number theorem or any other application of complex analysis to number theory in a single lecture, in a complex analysis ...
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Pedagogical question concerning $\Gamma(z)$
Pedagogically speaking, I see two problems with defining
$\Gamma(z)$ (at least for real $z$) by the limit
$$\Gamma(z)=\lim_{m\to\infty}\frac{m! m^z}{\prod_{i=0}^m (z+i)}$$
as compared with the formula
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