Bertrand postulate

For any natural number there exists a prime number that is larger than and smaller than . In its weaker formulation Bertrand's postulate states that for any there exists a prime number in the interval . The postulate was advanced by J. Bertrand in 1845 on the strength of tabulated data, and was proved by P.L. Chebyshev (cf. Chebyshev theorems on prime numbers).

References

[1]	P.L. Chebyshev, "Oeuvres de P.L. Tchebycheff" , 1 , Chelsea, reprint (1961) (Translated from Russian)

References

[a1]	G.H. Hardy, E.M. Wright, "An introduction to the theory of numbers" , Clarendon Press (1965) pp. 343ff