Find the smallest positive integer value of which satisfies the given equation.
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We need to consider the function f ( n ) = ⌈ 1 0 0 0 p = 2 ∑ n ζ ( p ) ⌉ − 1 0 0 0 x , n ≥ 2 , and calculate that f ( n ) is equal to − 3 5 5 , − 1 5 3 , − 7 0 , − 3 3 , − 1 6 , − 8 , − 3 , − 1 , 0 for n = 2 , 3 , … , 1 0 . The answer is 1 0 .
Of course, since p = 2 ∑ ∞ ( ζ ( p ) − 1 ) = 1 , we can show that f ( n ) = − ⌊ 1 0 0 0 p > n ∑ ( ζ ( p ) − 1 ) ⌋ , n ≥ 2 , which means that the sequence { f ( n ) } n ≥ 2 is an increasing sequence of integers tending to 0 , and hence there exists an integer N such that f ( n ) < 0 for all n < N , with f ( n ) = 0 for all n ≥ N . Finding this value of N is the same as asking for the smallest value of n such that p = 2 ∑ n ( ζ ( p ) − 1 ) > 0 . 9 9 9 .