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==Applications==
Riemann's original use of the explicit formula way to give an exact formula for the number of primes less than a given number. To do this, take ''F''(log(''y'')) to be ''y''<sup>1/2</sup>/log(''y'') for
0&le;''y''&le;''x'' and 0 elsewhere. Then the main term of the sum on the right is the number of primes less than ''x''. The main term on the left if &Phi;(1); which turns out to be the dominant terms of the [[prime number theorem]], and the main correction is the sum over non-trivial zeros of the zeta function. (There is a minor technical problem in using this case, in that the function ''F'' does not satisfy the smoothness condition.)
 
==Hilbert-Pólya conjecture==