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:<math>\pi_0(x) = \frac{1}{2} \lim_{h\to 0} \left[\,\pi(x+h) + \pi(x-h)\,\right]\,,</math>

which takes the arithmetic mean of the limit from the left and the limit from the right at discontinuities.{{efn|The original prime counting function can easily be recovered via <math>~\pi(x) = \pi_0(x+1)~</math> for all <math>~x \ge 3~.</math>}} His formula was given in terms of the related function

:<math>f(x) = \pi_0(x) + \frac{1}{2}\,\pi_0(x^{1/2}) + \frac{1}{3}\,\pi_0(x^{1/3}) + \cdots</math>

in which a prime power {{math|''p''^''n''}} counts as {{frac|1|{{mvar|n}}}} of a prime. The normalized prime-counting function can be recovered from this function by

:<math>\pi_0(x) = \sum_n\frac{1}{n}\,\mu(n)\,f(x^{1/n}) = f(x) - \frac{1}{2}\,f(x^{1/2}) - \frac{1}{3}\,f(x^{1/3}) - \frac{1}{5}\,f(x^{1/5}) + \frac{1}{6}\,f(x^{1/6}) - \cdots,</math>

where {{math|''&mu;''(''n'')}} is the [[Möbius function]]. Riemann's formula is then

:<math>f(x) = \operatorname{li}(x) - \sum_\rho \operatorname{li}(x^\rho) - \log(2) + \int_x^\infty \frac{dt\operatorname{d}t}{~t\,(t^2-1)~\log(t)~}</math>

involving a sum over the non-trivial zeros {{mvar|ρ}} of the Riemann zeta function. The sum is not [[Absolute convergence|absolutely convergent]], but may be evaluated by taking the zeros in order of the absolute value of their imaginary part. The function {{math|li}} occurring in the first term is the (unoffset) [[logarithmic integral function]] given by the [[Cauchy principal value]] of the divergent integral

:<math>\operatorname{li}(x) = \int_0^x \frac{dt\operatorname{d}t}{\,\log(t)\,}\,.</math>

The terms {{math}|li(''x''^''ρ'')}} involving the zeros of the zeta function need some care in their definition as {{math|li}} has [[branch point]]s at 0 and 1, and are defined by [[analytic continuation]] in the complex variable {{mvar|ρ}} in the region {{math|''x''&nbsp;>&nbsp;1}} and {{math|Re(''ρ'')&nbsp;>&nbsp;0}}. The other terms also correspond to zeros: The dominant term {{math|li(''x'')}} comes from the pole at {{math|''s''&nbsp;{{=}}&nbsp;1}}, considered as a zero of multiplicity &minus;1, and the remaining small terms come from the trivial zeros. This formula says that the zeros of the Riemann zeta function control the oscillations of primes around their "expected" positions. (For graphs of the sums of the first few terms of this series see {{harvnb|Zagier|1977}}.)

The first rigorous proof of the aforementioned formula was given by von Mangoldt in 1895: it started with a proof of the following formula for the [[Chebyshev's function]] {{mvar|ψ}}&nbsp;<ref>Weisstein, Eric W. [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ExplicitFormula.html Explicit Formula] on MathWorld.</ref>

:<math>\psi_0(x) = \dfrac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{\sigma-i \infty}^{\sigma+i \infty}\left(-\dfrac{\zeta'(s)}{\zeta(s)}\right)\dfrac{x^s}{s}ds\operatorname{d}s = x - \sum_\rho\frac{~x^\rho\,}{\rho} - \log(2\pi) -\dfrac{1}{2}\log(1-x^{-2})</math>

where the LHS is an inverse Mellin transform with

:<math>\quad\sigma > 1\,, \quad \psi(x) = \sum_{p^k \le x} \log p\,,