"Legendre's constant" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Introduced by Adrien-Marie Legendre. Head templates: {{en-prop}} Legendre's constant
  1. (mathematics) A mathematical constant occurring in a formula to approximate the behavior of the prime-counting function π(x), originally chosen to be 1.08366 but now known to be exactly 1. Categories (topical): Mathematics
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