The logarithm from the Euler product of an Artin L-function has first-prime-power term . Higher powers are uniformly bounded as real : and . The finitely many ramified local factors also have bounded logarithms. The Artin L-function order at one therefore proves the displayed estimate. Expanding a conjugacy-class indicator by character orthogonality leaves only the trivial character's logarithmic term, with coefficient . This proves Dirichlet density directly; a natural-density assertion needs additional analytic arguments.
Chebotarev density theorem Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
For a finite Galois extension and a conjugacy class in , the unramified primes with Frobenius conjugacy class have Dirichlet density . In particular,
One proof uses Brauer induction, the Artin L-function order at one, and character orthogonality. The trivial Artin L-function is the Dedekind zeta function of . The full theorem also gives the natural density, but this logarithmic estimate alone establishes the Dirichlet density assertion.