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Deeper meaning behind the occurrence of the factor $\frac{\log q}{i}$ in Deninger's results

In two papers Deninger proved the following: If $q=p^{n}$ and $p$ is a finite prime of $\mathbb{Z}$, $B=\mathbb{C}[\mathbb{C}]$ is generated by symbols of the form $e^{\alpha}$, $\alpha\in\mathbb{C}$,...
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Expanding on a step in the calculation of ζ(f,χ,s) = Λ(s)

I'm trying to understand the derivation here: Above, f is defined as a product of Schwartz-Bruhat functions which are their own Fourier transform. I was hoping someone could spell out the second ...
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Relating the multiplicative Fourier transform and the derived characteristic polynomial

(Tuesday, Sept 5:) For a number field $Fˣ$ and a number ring $Oˣ$ it is common to define: $Z(f,χ) = ʃ_{Fˣ} f(x) χ(x) dˣ x$ $g(ω,ψ) = ʃ_{Oˣ} ω(x) ψ(x) dˣ x$ where $dˣx$ is the multiplicative Haar ...
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Positivity of the coefficients of Taylor series associated to the Riemann hypothesis

The question below relates to the paper "Jensen Polynomials for the Riemann Zeta Function and Other Sequences" of Griffin, Ono, Rolen and Zagier. I'm asking it here because I am sure the ...
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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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Proving $\zeta_K\left(\frac12\right)\neq 0 \implies \zeta_K'\left(\frac12\right)\neq0?$

For an algebraic number field $K$, let $\zeta_K(s)$ be the Dedekind zeta function associated to $K$, and let $\zeta_K'(s)$ be its derivative. I believe that the following statement is true: $$\zeta_K\...
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Explicit formula for zeta function with special type of weight

Consider the following line of thinking: $$\pi(x) = \operatorname{R}(x) - \sum_{\rho}\operatorname{R}(x^{\rho}) - \frac1{\ln x} + \frac1\pi \arctan \frac\pi{\ln x} $$ Here, $\operatorname{R}(x) = \...
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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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Connecting two pictures of the Zeta function

Lets consider two views of zeta functions of curves. For the following, let $\mathbb{F}_p$ be the field with $p$ elements where $p$ is prime, and let $\overline{\mathbb{F}_p}$ be the algebraic closure ...
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How essential is the vanishing of the Dirichlet $L$-functions to Dirichlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progressions?

I seem to recall that the prime number theorem (PNT) is equivalent to the fact that the Riemann zeta function $\zeta(s)$ is non-zero on all of $\text{Re}(s) = 1$ (see https://math.stackexchange.com/...
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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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The zeta regularization of $\prod_{m=-\infty}^\infty (km+u)$

Background: I'm facing the computation of the zeta regularization of the infinite product given by $$\prod_{m=-\infty}^\infty (km+u)$$ for a real positive $k$ and $\Im(u)\neq 0$. From J. R. Quine, S. ...
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For which number fields we know the nonexistence of Stark zeros?

Let $L$ be a number field and let $\zeta_L(s)$ be its associated Dedekind zeta function. It is known that $\zeta_L(s)$ has at most one zero in the region $$1 - \frac1{4 \log d_L} \leq \sigma \leq 1, \...
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Characterization of turning points for the Ramanujan's zeta function in the spirit of a definition by Arias de Reyna and van de Lune

In [1] the authors provided a definition and characterization of turning points for the Riemann's zeta function. In this post I denote the Ramanujan's zeta function as $$\varphi(s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty\...
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A principle around the Ramanujan's zeta function in short intervals

Here $s=\sigma+it$ denotes the complex variable. We denote the Ramanujan's zeta function $$\varphi(s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{\tau(n)}{n^s}$$ for $\Re(s)>7$, where $\tau(n)$ is the Ramanujan tau ...
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Zeros of partial sums of the Ramanujan's zeta function

In this post we consider the Ramanujan tau function $\tau(n)$, see the Wikipedia Ramanujan tau function, and we consider partial sums of its corresponding Dirichlet series (see for example the article ...
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How do functional equations for zeta functions arise from the structure of a homology group?

I have read in various disparate sources that certain zeta functions satisfy functional equations as a consequence of some structure on some homology group. Here is an example of a quote in this ...
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Relation between infinite product and regularized product

For a positive sequence $0\le\lambda_{1}\le\lambda_{2}\le\cdots$, consider an infinite product \begin{equation*} \prod_{i=1}^{\infty}\lambda_{i}:=\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\prod_{i=1}^{n}\lambda_{i}...
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What are zeta functions good for?

I know a couple of answers to the above question: They can be used for point counting over finite fields/estimating the distribution of primes in characteristic 0. There are various conjectures/...
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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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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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Functional equation Dedekind zeta function

I'd like to know to what point is it possible to generalize this method for obtaining the functional equation for the Dedekind zeta function $\zeta_K(s)$ of a number field ? Let $\mathfrak{C}$ be ...
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Estimation of the $k$-th derivative zeta function

When I was doing some task in number theory which involves bounds for the Riemann zeta function, I was stuck on the following question: Let $\zeta$ be the Riemann zeta function and let $\zeta^{(k)}$ ...
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Weil Conjectures Analog for Multivariate Zeta Functions

We know that the Riemann zeta function can be generalized to multivariate zeta functions. Is there a multivariate analog of the Weil conjectures?
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Growth of $\zeta_{\mathbf Q[\cos(\frac{\pi}{2^{n+1}})]}(2)$

Let $K_n$ be the field $\mathbf Q[\cos(\frac{\pi}{2^{n+1}})]$ (the real subfield of the cyclotomic field $\mathbf Q[e^{\frac{i\pi}{2^{n+1}}}]$). Is there anything known about the growth of the ...
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Can the Dedekind zeta function distinguish between real and imaginary quadratic number fields?

Suppose I am given a machine that gives me the coefficients $a_1$, $a_2$, $a_3$, ... of a Dirichlet series $$\sum_1^{\infty} \frac{a_n}{n^s} $$ and assume that I know that this Dirichlet series is the ...
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Tauberian theorem with better error term

This is a fairly vague question. Suppose we have a sequence of positive numbers $(c_n)_n$ and we want to find an asymptotic formula for $S(x) = \sum_{n \leq X} c_n$. In favorable circumstances, ...
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Inequality for an integral involving $ \exp $, $ \sin $ and $ \cos $

Let $ t > 0 $ and $ k \in \{ 0,1,2,\ldots \} $. Does the following inequality hold? $$ \int_{k + 1/2}^{k + 3/2} \frac{x \sin(2 \pi x)}{1 + 2 e^{2 \pi t} \cos(2 \pi x) + e^{4 \pi t}} ...
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density of zeroes of Epstein zeta functions on vertical strips

There are many results (e.g. Davenport and Heilbronn) asserting that Epstein zeta functions in general have zeroes outside the line $\mathrm{Re\ } s = n/4$. Is there any result about the density of ...
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An integral representation of the Riemann zeta function

I am referring to the equality in equation $3.29$ (page 12) and $4.20$ (page 17) in this paper. I am unable to recognize where this comes from or what is the general expression for values other than ...
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Sequences equidistributed modulo 1

Let $\alpha$ be any positive irrational and $\beta$ be any positive real. We have the following results. H. Weyl (1909): The fractional part of the sequence $\alpha n$ is equidistributed modulo 1. I....
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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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Is there an explicit expression for the imaginary part of some non-trivial zero of zeta,

Is there an explicit expression for the imaginary part of some non-trivial zero of zeta, in terms of well-known constants, such as say $\gamma$ or $\pi$ say ?
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Analytical continuation of the reciprocal of the Zeta function [closed]

Is the reciprocal of the Zeta function analytically continuable? As $1/\zeta(n) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \mu(n)/{n^s}$, this does not look obvious.
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non-trivial zeros of partial zeta functions

Let $N,a\in\mathbf{Z}_{\geq 1}$. Define a partial $\zeta$-function as $$ \zeta(s;N,a):=\sum_{\substack{n\geq 1\newline n\equiv a\pmod{N}}} \frac{1}{n^s} $$ where $Re(s)>1$. Let $\omega$ be either ...
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What is Ricardo Pérez-Marco's eñe product? Does it explain his statistical results on differences of zeta zeros?

The number theory community here at University of Michigan is abuzz with talk of this paper recently posted to the arxiv. If you haven't seen it already, the punch line is that the global differences ...
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Evaluating the integral $\int_{1}^{\infty}\frac{\{u\}}{u^{2}}\left(\log u\right)^{k}du.$

I am trying to find a formula for the following integral for non-negative integer $k$: $$\int_1^{\infty}\frac{\{u\}}{u^{2}}\left(\log u\right)^{k}du.$$ My first thought was to use the formula $$\...
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Evaluating the integral $\int_0^\infty \frac{\psi(x)-x}{x^2}dx.$

Let $\psi(x)=\sum_{n\leq x} \Lambda(n)$ be the weighted prime counting function. I am trying to evaluate the integral $$\kappa:=\int_{1}^{\infty}\frac{\psi(x)-x}{x^{2}}dx$$ in several different ways. ...
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Is there an elegant algebraic proof of this formula for quadratic field discriminants?

Consider the Dirichlet series counting discriminants of real quadratic fields. Quadratic field discriminants are "basically" squarefree integers, so the associated Dirichlet series $\sum D^{-s}$ is "...
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Computing (on a computer) the first few (non-trivial) zeros of the zeta function of a number field.

Let $M$ be the splitting field of x^8 + 3*x^7 + 13*x^6 + 17*x^5 + 45*x^4 + 37*x^3 + 11*x^2 + 112*x + 108 over the rationals. If I've understood some tables ...
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Is $\zeta(3)/\pi^3$ rational?

Apery proved in his paper from 1979 that $\zeta(3)$ is irrational, and we know that for all integers $n$, $\zeta(2n)=\alpha \pi^{2n}$ for some $\alpha\in \mathbb{Q}$. Given these facts, it seems ...
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How does one motivate the analytic continuation of the Riemann zeta function?

I saw the functional equation and its proof for the Riemann zeta function many times, but usually the books start with, e.g. tricky change of variable of Gamma function or other seemingly unmotivated ...
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The Hardy Z-function and failure of the Riemann hypothesis

David Feldman asked whether it would be reasonable for the Riemann hypothesis to be false, but for the Riemann zeta function to only have finitely many zeros off the critical line. I very rashly ...
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Lower bounds on zeta(s+it) for fixed s

This is most probably widely known and discussed here many times, so I am preliminay sorry. Does Riemann conjecture imply some lower estimates on values, say $|\zeta(3/4+it)|$ for real $t$, when $|t|$...
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PNT for general zeta functions, Applications of.

When I read it for the first time, I found the whole slog towards proving the Prime Number Theorem and the final success to be magnificent. So I am curious about more general results. We talk of ...
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Why does the Riemann zeta function have non-trivial zeros?

This is a very basic question of course, and exposes my serious ignorance of analytic number theory, but what I am looking for is a good intuitive explanation rather than a formal proof (though a ...
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Why does the Gamma-function complete the Riemann Zeta function?

Defining $$\xi(s) := \pi^{-s/2}\ \Gamma\left(\frac{s}{2}\right)\ \zeta(s)$$ yields $\xi(s) = \xi(1 - s)$ (where $\zeta$ is the Riemann Zeta function). Is there any conceptual explanation - or ...
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