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Zeta functions are typically analogues or generalizations of the Riemann zeta function. Examples include Dedekind zeta functions of number fields, and zeta functions of varieties over finite fields. They are typically initially defined as formal generating functions, but often admit analytic continuations.

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L-Functions of Varieties, Zeta Functions of Their Models

Let $k$ denote a number field, with algebraic closure $\bar{k}$. Take a smooth, projective variety $X$ over $k$. If $\mathfrak{p}$ is a prime of $k$, and $l$ is a rational prime different to the ...
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Growth of residues of $1/\zeta(s)$: conjectures?

Let $\rho$ range over the non-trivial zeroes of the Riemann zeta function. Let $$M(T) = \max_{|\Im \rho|\leq T} \left|\mathrm{Res}_{s=\rho} \frac{1}{\zeta(s)}\right| = \max_{|\Im \rho|\leq T} \frac{1}...
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Witten zeta function v.s. Riemann zeta function

From a talk, we learned that The symplectic volume of the space $M$ of gauge equivalence classes of flat G connections is given by the “Witten zeta function”: where we sum over irreducible ...
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Arithmetic zeta function and local zeta functions

For the arithmetic zeta function of (say) a nonsingular projective variety $X$, one has the following Euler product \begin{equation} \zeta_X(s) = \prod_{p\ \mbox{prime}}\zeta_{X\vert\mathbb{F}_p}(s), ...
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Asymptotics of A261668

In Uniform Approach to Double Shuffle and Duality Relations of Various q-Analogs of Multiple Zeta Values via Rota-Baxter Algebras, Proposition 10.8, Jianqiang Zhao mentiones the sequence: $$a_n=\sum_{...
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Simple/Elementary derivation of Ramanujan's continued fraction for Hurwitz $\zeta(3,x+1)$

I came across this MSE post discussing a certain continued fraction for $\zeta(3)$ (more specifically, the Hurwitz zeta function $\zeta(s,z)$ at $s=3$) due to Ramanujan. I asked the original poster ...
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Update on "A Mad day's work" by Cartier

In his paper "A mad day's work: from Grothendieck to Connes and Kontsevich. The evolution of concepts of space and symmetry," Cartier discusses in the last sections 8 and 9 the role of ...
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Irrationality of the values of the prime zeta function

Preamble: I asked this question on Math.SE with a bounty of 100, but received no replies. The bounty has now ended, and it was suggested I post this here instead. Since Apéry we know that $\zeta(3)$, ...
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Double zero at $1/2$ of zeta function of number field

Ten years old question asks about Computing (on a computer) the first few (non-trivial) zeros of the zeta function of a number field. Let $K$ be the number field with the degree 24 defining polynomial ...
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Galois group of zeta function of hyperelliptic curve

Let $f \in \mathbb F_q[T]$ be monic, squarefree. Can we say anything on the Galois group of $Z_f$, the zeta function of the hyperelliptic curve $y^2=f$, directly in terms of $f$ (coefficients or ...
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Value of $\zeta(3/2)$?

Is anything known about the value of $$\zeta(3/2)=\sum_{n\geq 1}\frac{1}{n^{3/2}}?$$ It is a classical result that $\displaystyle \zeta(2)= \frac{\pi^2}{6}$ and $\zeta(3)$ has been shown to be ...
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Computing Hodge numbers by point counting

In the lecture note of Bhatt from Arizona winter school 2017, there is an exercise which claims if X is a proper smooth scheme defined over $\mathbb{Z}[1/N]$ and if there is a polynomial $P$ such that ...
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Functional Equation of Zeta Function on Statistical Model

I've been studying [1] because I was interested in his ideas on the zeta function. I'll define it here (c.f. p. 31): The Kullback-Leibler distance is defined as $$ K(w)=\int q(x)f(x, w)dx\quad f(x,w)...
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Zeta functions for infinite abelian extensions?

Are there any reasonable ways to define zeta function of a maximal abelian extension $\mathbb{Q}^{ab}$ of the rationals, or at least zeta functions of some its infinite-dimensional subfields? In ...
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Selberg zeta function analytic expressions

Consider the following algebraic equation, $$ y^n=\frac{(z-z_1)(z-z_3)}{(z-z_2)(z-z_4)} $$ which is a Riemann surface of genus $n-1$ (after compactifying). The classical retrosection theorem due to ...
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Can the corollary of the Ihara–Bass formula be extended to $ u^2 = 1 $?

Suppose there is a finite undirected graph $G(V,E)$ having $n$ vertices and $m$ edges. The non-backtracking matrix $B$ is indexed by $2m$ directed edges and defined as $$ B(a \to b, c \to d) = \delta_{...
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Asymptotic for number of prime elements in a number field

Let $K$ be a number field and let $O_K$ its ring of integers. Identify $K$ with its image in $\mathbb{C}^{\text{Hom}_{\mathbb{Q}-\text{alg}}(K,\mathbb{C})}$, which we consider equipped with the $|| \...
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Compensation by the residue of the zeta function

(Repost of a question from MSE, where it found no success) Let $F$ be a global number field. Introduce a local quantity at every place $$x_p = \frac{\zeta_p(1)}{\zeta_p(2)}$$ for instance. The ...
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Isospectrality, Gassmann-Sunada triples, and tensor products

It is well known that Gassmann-Sunada group triples can be used to construct isospectral manifolds, arithmetically equivalent number fields, etc. (Recall that a Gassmann-Sunada triple $(U,V,W)$ ...
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Orders of Clifford algebra

Let $C_n$ be the Clifford algebra over $\mathbb{Q}$ associated to negative definite quadratic form $-I_n$ (i.e. $-x_1^2-\dots-x_n^2$). Let $\mathcal{O}$ be a $\mathbb{Z}$-order of $C_n$. Q1) Is it ...
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The Riemann Zeta Function summing over the Gamma Function

Has anyone studied a function of the form $$\eta(s) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{\Gamma(n)^{s}} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k!^s}$$ This series is appearing in my research on the volumetric ...
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Epstein zeta function for non-fundamental discriminant to L-series

Let $Q(x,y) = ax^2+b xy + cy^2$ be a primitive integral positive-definite quadratic form, with associated number field $K$. If $D=b^2-4ac$ is a fundamental discriminant, then it's well-known that $$\...
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Converse theorem for zeta universality

Voronin's Universality Theorem for $\zeta(s)$ is that the zeta function can uniformly approximate any non-vanishing holomorphic function to any degree of accuracy in the right-half of the critical ...
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Riemann-Siegel formula for Dirichlet characters

After unearthing and giving a proof of what is now known as the Riemann--Siegel formula for the Riemann zeta function enabling the computation of $\zeta(1/2+iT)$ in time $O(T^{1/2})$, in 1943 Siegel ...
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Ihara zeta function and closed paths and trails

Let $\Gamma$ be a finite graph. There seem to be two definitions of closed path in the literature. In one, a closed path is just a walk whose starting vertex is the same as the ending vertex. (Let us ...
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Honda-Tate theorem and prescribing roots of $L$-functions

I'm currently working with Artin $L$-functions in function field extensions (on one variable, over finite fields). I have heard about a theorem of Honda-Tate which vaguely states that a polynomial $P \...
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Dirichlet series associated with polynomials

Yesterday, I was looking for references about meromorphic extensions of certain Dirichlet associated with polynomials. I was surprised to discover that much less than I previously thought was known. ...
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Dirichlet series of a lattice $\sum_{a \in \Lambda^*} |\det(a)|^{-s}$

For a lattice $\Lambda$ of rank $n$ in $\mathbb{Q}^{n\times n}$ whose non-zero elements are inversible matrices, let $$Z(s,\Lambda) = \sum_{a \in \Lambda^*} |\det(a)|^{-s}$$ I wonder if (and how to ...
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Equivalence of Euler products of Dirichlet series and Meromorphic continuation

Suppose $(f_n(s))_n$ and $(g_n(s))_n$ are two sequences of Dirichlet series with positive coefficients such that $\exists \alpha\in\mathbb R$ such that for all $s\in\mathbb C$ with $\Re(s)>\alpha$ ...
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Zeta functions with Brauer class

In algebraic geometry there are examples when a variety $X$ is somehow related (I call it double-mirror) to another variety $Y$, together with a 2-torsion Brauer class. By "related" I mean statements ...
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Does the Riemann hypothesis for liftable varieties over a finite field imply the Riemann hypothesis for all varieties over a finite field

The Riemann hypothesis for varieties over a finite field has been proven by Deligne. Still I would like to ask the following question. A variety $X$ over a finite field $k$ is liftable if there ...
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Schemes with common zeta function

If $S_\zeta$ is the set of all separated schemes of finite type over $\mathbb{Z}$ that have the same arithmetic zeta function $\zeta$, what more can we say about $S_\zeta$ assuming it is non-empty?
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Serge Lang's proof of Brauer-Siegel theorem

I was reading through chapter 16 of Lang's Algebraic Number Theory book. The chapter is fully devoted to proving the Brauer-Siegel theorem: Let ${(k_n/ \mathbb{Q})}_n$ be a sequence of galois ...
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Are there any zeta functions with concurrent derivative shifts in multiple variables?

Expressions for rational zeta series have been obtained by considering the Taylor series of zeta functions. For instance, one has \begin{align}\zeta(s,x+y) &= \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{y^{k}}{k!} \...
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Have partition functions of abstract simplicial complexes been examined?

Many complicated probability distributions arising in electrical engineering and machine learning have a simple expression as a sum of products that can also be encoded in a factor graph. The ...
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How does the topology of the graphs' Riemann surface relate to its knot representation?

Let's consider the following bipartite cubic planar non-simple graph $\hskip2.3in$ Looking at the orientation of the edges around the vertices, it is obvious that left and right are oriented opposite. ...
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functional equation of $\zeta_X(s)$ in various settings

Say we have a set $X$ : with a norm (possibly twisted by a character) and an unique factorization $$\zeta_X(s) = \sum_{x \in X} |x|^{-s} = \prod_{P \in X} \frac{1}{1-|P|^{-s}}$$ from some additive ...
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Local zetafunction of T-group and Lie-ring coincide

Grunewald, Segal and Smith define in "Subgroups of finite index in nilpotent groups" a zetafunction associated to a finitely generated, torsion-free nilpotent group G by counting normal subgroups ...
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Weierstrass's elliptic function-type zeta function

What is known about the following Weierstrass's elliptic function-type zeta function $\sum_{m,n \in \mathbb{Z}} \frac{1}{(z+m+n\tau)^s}$, for $z \in \mathbb{C} \backslash \mathbb{Z} + \tau \mathbb{Z}...
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Proof that derivative of Hurwitz Zeta by the first argument is not expressable in terms of Hurwitz Zeta

The set of elementary functions is defined so that it to be closed against operation of differentiation. It is also evidently close against discrete differentiation. In the discrete calculus there is ...
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Alternating sums of powers of the lngamma ($\small f_p(x) = \sum \log(k!)^p x^k $ at $\small x=-1$)

I'm still fiddling with this recent question and come to a detail, whether I can find closed forms for the sums of the $\small lngamma() $ function. Precisely $$ \small f_p(x) = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \...
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Is there a notion of a zeta function of a morphism?

The Hasse-Weil zeta function is defined only for arithmetic schemes. By an arithmetic scheme I will mean a scheme $X$ together with a morphism of finite type $X\rightarrow S$, where $S$ is an affine ...
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How looks the "land of Tamagawa numbers"?

Jonah Sinick's question here, other interesting ideas he mentioned, and Franz Lemmermeyer's remark make one think at Bloch and Kato's drawing + question. What's known or guessed about that "land" by ...
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Is the integral always nonzero?

Let $$I_{n,p,a}:=\int_0^{\infty-} \frac{g_{n,a}(t)}{t^{p+1}} \, dt,$$ where $$(*)\qquad\qquad\qquad n\in\mathbb N,\quad -\infty<a<\infty,\quad p_{n,a} < p < n,\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\...
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Zeta function associated with a function $f$

Let the function $f(t) = \cos(at)$, where ($0 < a < 1$). Let us define $$\zeta(z, f) = \frac{1}{\Gamma(z)} \int_0^{+\infty} \frac{t^{z-1}\cos(at)}{e^t-1}\, dt. $$ Is there a general formula that ...
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Reference request for literature on the following function--power counting zeta function

I'll start by writing the character of interest, and describing some properties of it, before I get to the meat of the question. Any help is greatly appreciated, even an offhand suggestion/comment/...
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$L$-series and Riemann zeta function

I am currently reading SGA 4$\frac{1}{2}$, exposé 2: Rapport sur la formule des traces. The $L$-series associated to a scheme $X$ of finite type over $\mathbb{F}_{p}$ is defined as $$L(X,s):=\prod_{x\...
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Eisenstein series evaluated at $2i$

Consider the real analytic Eisenstein series defined by $$ E(z,s) := \sum_{\gamma\in\Gamma_\infty\setminus\Gamma} Im(\gamma z)^s $$ where as usual, $\Gamma=SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ and $\Gamma_\infty$ is the ...
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Summation form of the Hasse-Weil zeta function?

The only way I know to write the Hasse-Weil zeta function of an elliptic curve is as a product over the local zeta factors which are rational functions. To me, this appears like an Euler product. Is ...
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Class of differentiated Gamma functions: are there any algebras where they are elementary?

There is a class of differentiated gamma functions (DGFs) that basically can be expressed via derivatives of Gamma function. They include the Gamma function, Polygamma function, and Hurwitz Zeta ...
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