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Motivated account of the prime number theorem and related topics
Though my own research interests (described below) are pretty far from analytic number theory, I have always wanted to understand the prime number theorem and related topics. In particular, I often ...
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Why is so much work done on numerical verification of the Riemann Hypothesis?
I have noticed that there is a huge amount of work which has been done on numerically verifying the Riemann hypothesis for larger and larger non-trivial zeroes.
I don't mean to ask a stupid question, ...
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Good uses of Siegel zeros?
The short version of my question goes: What is known to follow from the existence of Siegel zeros?
A longer version to give an idea of what I have in mind: The "exceptional zeros" of course first ...
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What are some consequences of zero free strip of the Riemann zeta function?
A weaker version of the Riemann hypothesis is the claim that if $\zeta(s) = 0$ then $Re(s) \leq 1 - h$ for some constant $h> 0$. What would the consequences be of a result of this type?
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Are the 'semi' trivial zeros of $\zeta(s) \pm \zeta(1-s)$ all on the critical line?
The proof that $\Gamma(z)\pm \Gamma(1-z)$ only has zeros for $z \in \mathbb{R}$ or $z= \frac12 +i \mathbb{R}$ has been given here:
Are all zeros of $\Gamma(s) \pm \Gamma(1-s)$ on a line with real ...
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How good is "almost all" when it comes to the Riemann Hypothesis?
Let $N(T)$ be the number of zeroes of the Riemann zeta function $\zeta$ having imaginary part strictly between $0$ and $T$, and let $N_0(T)$ be the number of those zeroes that also have real part ...
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More mysteries about the zeros of the Riemann zeta function
Update on 12/26/2020: I added the Appendix at the bottom: simplified formula for $|\zeta(s)|^2$, when $\frac{1}{2}<\Re(s)<1$.
Update on 1/5/2020: I added the section "more interesting ...
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Largest known zero of the Riemann zeta function
Numerical calculations on the zeroes of the Riemann zeta function have reached a very high degree of refinement and sophistication and I think that the first $10^{20}$ (with positive imaginary part) ...
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What is the relation between Quasicrystals, Riemann Hypothesis, and PV numbers?
Could somebody explain to me, from a mathematical stand-point, what is a quasi-crystal, and how it relates to the set of Pisot numbers, and the Riemann Hypothesis?
I've heard Freeman Dyson say that ...
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The location of the zeros of the "new" function $\Psi(s)=\sum _{n=1}^{\infty }{\frac{1}{n!^s}}$
Defining the Psi function as $$\Psi(s)=\sum _{n=1}^{\infty }{\frac{1}{n!^s}}$$ and by studying, from a numerical point of view, the location of the zeros in the complex plane up to $0<\Im(s)<...
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Montgomery's pair correlation function without RH?
In the theory of the Riemann zeta function, Montgomery's Pair correlation function is defined as
$$
F(\alpha) = \frac{1}{N(T)}
\sum_{T < \gamma, \gamma' < 2T} T^{i \alpha (\gamma - \gamma')} \...
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Bounding $1/\zeta(s)$ given RH
Let $T\geq 0$. Assume RH(T+100), that is, assume that all non-trivial zeros $\rho$ of the Riemann zeta function with $|\Im(\rho)|\leq T+100$ satisfy $\Re(\rho)=1/2$. Can we then give a good upper ...
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From holes in the image of peculiar functions to new perspective on the Riemann Hypothesis
I am working with the Dirichlet eta function $\eta(z)$, with $z=\sigma+it$, $\sigma > \frac{1}{2}$, and $t>0$. Let us define
$$\eta_n(z,\gamma)= \sum_{k=1}^n (-1)^{k+1}\lambda_k^{-\sigma} e^{-it\...
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Why is the Simple Zeros Conjecture said to be stronger than the Riemann Hypothesis?
Let the "Simple Zeros Conjecture (SZC)" be the statement that all zeros of the Riemann zeta function are simple.
I have often heard of the statement that the SZC is stronger than the Riemann ...
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A question on an equivalence of RH
In page 6, RH Equivalence 5.3. An equivalence of the Riemann Hypothesis says that
$$\sum_{\rho} \frac{1}{|\rho|^2} =\sum_{\rho} \frac{1}{\rho (1{-}\rho)}= 2 + \gamma - \log 4\pi$$
where $\rho$ is ...
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Is there a collection of evidence and heuristic arguments against the Riemann hypothesis? [closed]
There is undoubtedly an overwhelming collection of evidence for the Riemann hypothesis. However, is there any evidence against it ?
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Confusion about Montgomery's pair correlation conjecture
This question will be based roughly on the Bourgade–Keating review on Zeta function and eigenvalue asymptotics (BK): https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-0348-0697-8_4
To set up the ...
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Is there a conjectured uniform Lindelof hypothesis for Hurwitz zeta functions
Consider $\zeta(s, a) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (n+a)^{-s}$ (alternatively, consider its functional equation Dirichlet series $\sum_{n=1}e(a n) n^{-s}$). What is the expected growth-rate of $\zeta(1/2 + ...
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Riemann Hypothesis and Euler product
It is conjecture that under certain conditions a L-function satisfies RH.
Among these conditions there is the necessity for the L-function to have an Euler product. (Some L-functions with a functional ...
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On a possible equivalent of Riemann hypothesis
I've read in a Bombieri's paper on official problem statement of Riemann hypothesis for Clay Math institute's millennium problems, a statement and what I understood of it is the following :
The ...
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Double sum over zeros of Riemann zeta-function
In a paper by Saffari and Vaughan there appears a complicated-looking double sum
$$\Sigma_1=\sum_{\rho_1}\sum_{\rho_2}\frac{(1+\theta)^{\rho_1}-1}{\rho_1}\cdot \frac{(1+\theta)^{\bar{\rho_2}}-1}{\bar{\...
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Seek a reference for Theorem 1.2 on p. 6 of the Riemann Hypothesis sourcebook of Borwein et. al
The book "The Riemann Hypothesis, A Resource for the Afficionado and Virtuoso Alike", Borwein, Choi, Rooney, Weirathmueller, Eds., states on its page six the following theorem (Theorem 1.2):
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Is there a Riemann Hypothesis criterion utilizing sum of squares of divisors?
Robin's inequality
$$\sigma_1(n)<e^\gamma n\log\log n$$
at integers $n>5040$ provides necessary and sufficient condition for Riemann Hypothesis where $\sigma_1(n)=\sum_{d|n}d$ is sum of divisors ...
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Zeros of the derivative of $\xi$
In his paper on Zeros of derivatives of Riemann $\xi$-function on critical line Brian Conrey mention that
It can be shown that the Riemann hypothesis implies that all zeros of $\xi (s)$, the ...
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Show that the ratio of limits converges to the nearest Riemann zeta zero except when the ratio is a singularity
Let $h(s,n)$ be:
$$h(s,n)=\lim_{c\to 1} \, \frac{(-1)^{n-2}}{(n-2)!}\zeta (c)^{n-2} \sum _{k=1}^{n-1} \frac{(-1)^{k-1} \binom{n-2}{k-1}}{\zeta ((c-1) (k-1)+s)}$$
and let $g(s,n)$ be:
$$g(s,n)=\lim_{c\...
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On link between Riemann hypothesis and partial GRH
Is there a way to show that if the Riemann hypothesis holds for Dirichlet L-function associated to primitive Dirichlet character (excluding trivial character $\chi(1)$ which could be qualified of ...
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Conditional bound on RH for $\Re\left(\sum_{p\leq\sqrt{x}}\frac{(1/2)}{p^{1+2it}}\right)$
I would like to prove that
Assume RH. Let $T$ large, $2\leq x \leq T^2$ and $T\leq t \leq 2T$, then
$$
\log|\zeta(1/2+it))|\leq \Re\left(\sum_{p\leq x}\frac{1}{p^{1/2+1/\log x+it}}\frac{\log(x/p)}{\...
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Intuition for the bias of the partial sums of the Liouville function
It's a well known result that the Dirichlet series of the Liouville function $ \lambda(n) $ is given by
$$ \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{\lambda(k)}{k^s} = \frac{\zeta(2s)}{\zeta(s)} $$
If we use Perron's ...
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Lower bound of the modulus $|\eta(s)|$ of the Dirichlet Eta function if $0.6 < \Re(s) < 0.9$
Let $s=\sigma + it$, with $0.6 < \sigma < 1$ and $\sigma=\Re(s)$. I am trying to get good enough approximations for $\eta(s)$, hoping something useful might come out of it. I stumbled upon a ...
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'Almost all' zeros of the Dirichlet L function lies 'near' the critical line?
Is there a well known result that states that as $t \to \infty$, 'almost all' zeros of any Dirichlet L function $L(s,\chi)$ lie in the region $R= \{\sigma+i t\mid |\sigma -\frac{1}{2}| \leq \Phi(t) \}$...
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Books on complex analysis for self learning that includes the Riemann zeta function?
I am searching for an introductory book in the field of complex analysis for self learning, that would contain the following:
Analytic number theory : the connection between complex analysis and
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Interpretation of an equivalence to the Riemann hypothesis due to de Reyna and Toulisse in the spirit of a formula from an article
In [1] the authors present an equivalence to the Riemann hypothesis that is the Theorem 6.2.
On the other hand I know a statement from [2], in English this is the article Andrew Granville and Greg ...
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Is there an analogue of the Balazard-Saias-Yor criterion for the Riemann Hypothesis for finite fields?
The Balazard-Saias-Yor criterion for the Riemann Hypothesis states that the latter is equivalent to the statement that
$$\int_{\Re(s)=1/2} \frac{\log|\zeta(s)|}{|s^2|}|ds|=0$$ where $\zeta$ denotes ...
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Explicit formula for $n$th prime in terms of Riemann zeros:
We all know there exists an explicit Formula for prime counting function in terms of Riemann zeros.
I'm wondering if similar formula exists for $n$th prime in terms of Riemann zeros?
Or any other ...
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Conjectured error term when counting square-free integers
It is well know that the density of positive square-free integers up to $x$ is asymptotically $x/\zeta(2)$. The error term
$$ E(x)=\sum_{1\leq n \leq x } \mu(n)^2 -\frac{x}{\zeta(2)}
$$ can easily ...
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Are there any known statistics on the sign of the Stieltjes Constants?
The Stieltjes Constants $\gamma_n$ arise from considering the laurent series of the Riemann Zeta function at $s=1$
$$ \zeta(s) = \frac{1}{s-1} + \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} (-1)^n \frac{\gamma_n}{n!} (s-1)^n $...
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Riemann Explicit Formula
I am writing my senior thesis on Montgomery's pair correlation conjecture, and in his first lemma, he uses the following explicit formula:
$$\sum_{n \leq x} \Lambda(n) n^{-s} = -\frac{\zeta'}{\zeta}(s)...
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Do plots $(5)$ and $(6)$ go to infinity not at the same rate but at similar rates?
The following has been proven by joriki and GH from MO (see here): assuming that $n>1$, then the von Mangoldt function
$$
\Lambda(n)=\lim\limits_{s \rightarrow 1} \zeta(s)\sum\limits_{d|n} \frac{\...
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Does it make sense to express upper bounds on arithmetic sequences with Dirichlet generating functions?
In order to see what happens when taking the functional equation in this form:
$$\xi(s) := \pi^{-s/2}\ \Gamma\left(\frac{s}{2}\right)\ \zeta(s) $$
$$\xi(s) = \xi(1 - s)$$
$$\pi^{-s/2}\ \Gamma\left(\...
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On the asymptotics of the Chebyshev psi function
Denote by $\psi(x)$ the Chebyshev psi function over prime powers. Assuming the RH, it can be shown via the Riemann explicit formula that
$$\psi(x)-x \ll √x |\sum_{|\gamma| < T} \frac{1}{\rho} | +...
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