1

In some old notes, I found the following conjecture:

Let $\mathbb T$ denote the unit circle and let $\chi:{\mathbb N} \to {\mathbb T}$ be fully multiplicative. Then the L-series $$ L(\chi,s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{\chi(n)}{n^s}, $$ defined for ${\rm Re}(s)>1$, cannot be extended to a holomorphic function on ${ {\rm Re}(s)\ge 0}$.

Who formulated this conjecture? What related results are known?

flag
What does "fully multiplicative" mean? completely multiplicative? – Kevin Smith Mar 23 2012 at 9:56
1 
The second question is easy: it is false. See mathoverflow.net/questions/15176/…. The answer to the first question is "We'll never know". Indeed, how are you going to prove that some lost manuscript of Archimedes (or some private letter of Euler, or...) did not contain the full discussion already? – fedja Mar 23 2012 at 10:08
@fedja: Thanks a lot! – anton Mar 23 2012 at 11:06

Your Answer

Get an OpenID
or

Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.