Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
0 votes
0 answers
74 views

Singular behavior of zeros of incomplete zeta function

I've been looking at the zeros of the incomplete zeta function $\zeta_{lower}(s, z)$ recently. $$ \zeta_{\mathrm{lower}}(s,z)=-\frac{{\Gamma(1-s)}}{2\pi i}\int_{z}^{\infty}\frac{{(-t)^{s-1}}}{e^{t}-1}...
1 vote
2 answers
224 views

Bounds of zeta function near $\Re(s)=1$

Richert proved in https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01399533 that $$ \zeta(s) =O\left( |\Im(s)|^{100(1-\Re(s))^{3/2}} (\log |\Im(s)|)^{2/3}\right)$$ uniformly in the region $\Re(s)\in [1/2,1]...
0 votes
2 answers
682 views

On integral relating logarithm of absolute value of Zeta function

Sorry for such a direct question: Consider the following integral: $$I(t)=\int_{1/2}^{1} {\log|\zeta(a+it)|}da.$$ How to find the nature of $I(t)$ as $t\rightarrow\infty$?
1 vote
0 answers
113 views

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 $...
2 votes
2 answers
361 views

Size of $\zeta'(s)$ at its zeros

How large can the derivative of the Riemann zeta function be at its zeros? More specifically, let $\rho$ be a zero of the zeta function with $\Im(\rho)\in (0,T]$. What can we say about $|\zeta'(\rho)|...
4 votes
0 answers
168 views

Explicit bounds on gaps between zeros of $\zeta^\prime(s)$

In $\S$9.1 of "Theory of the Riemann Zeta Function", Titchmarsh uses Borel-Carathéodory and Hadamard Three Circles to show that every circle of radius 6 and center $3+iT$ contains a zeros of ...
7 votes
2 answers
719 views

On the asymptotic behaviour of the series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left ( \frac{\zeta(ns)}{n}+\frac{s}{1-ns}\right )$ near $s=0$

I am interested in determining the behaviour of the the series/function $$f(s)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left ( \frac{\zeta(ns)}{n}+\frac{s}{1-ns}\right )$$ near $s=0$. It is clear that $f(0)$ is undefined....
6 votes
1 answer
247 views

Convergence and meromorphic continuation of a Dirichlet series under RH

Consider a Dirichlet series $F(s) = \sum_{n\geq1} \frac{a_{n}}{n^{s}}$ such that $a_{n} = O(1)$. Suppose the Dirichlet series $$\zeta(s)F(s)=\sum_{n\geq1} \frac{(a\star1)(n)}{n^{s}}$$ converges ...
14 votes
1 answer
1k views

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)<...
3 votes
1 answer
344 views

On the upper bound for $|\zeta(s)|$ near the zeta zeros

Let $T \in \mathbb{R}$ be large and $\rho$ be a non-trivial zero of the Riemann zeta function. Assume that $|\rho|=|\rho_T| \approx T$ and let $\varepsilon_T \approx \frac{\log \log T}{\log T}$. Is it ...
10 votes
3 answers
853 views

The smallest nontrivial zero of the Riemann zeta function

Consider the Riemann zeta function $$\zeta(s)=\dfrac{1}{1-2^{1-s}}\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n^s},\operatorname {R}(s)>0.$$ Riemann suggested that all nontrivial zeroes lie on the line $\...
0 votes
1 answer
191 views

Estimates for the first coefficient of the Taylor expansion of $\zeta$ around a zero

Let's suppose that $s_0=\frac{1}{2}-\Delta+it$ with $0<\Delta<\frac{1}{2}$ is a simple zeta zero (i.e a zero not on the critical line). Then $1-\overline{s_0}$ is also a zero. If we take the ...
-6 votes
1 answer
138 views

Is the real part of the Eta function bounded by $2 \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\dfrac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n^{\alpha}}} $ [closed]

Consider the series defined by \begin{equation} f(\alpha,\beta) := \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\dfrac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n^{\alpha}}\cos(\beta\ln(n))} \end{equation} is it true that $$f(\alpha,\beta) \le 2\sum_{n=1}...
2 votes
1 answer
584 views

Bounds for Dirichlet L-functions

Let $L$ denote a Dirichlet L-function attached to the primitive character $\chi$. What are the best known bounds for $L(\sigma+it, \chi)$? PS: For $L=\zeta$ and $0\leq\sigma\leq 1$, i'm aware of a ...
14 votes
2 answers
2k views

Is $\pi (x)=\operatorname{R}(x)-\sum_{\rho}\operatorname{R}(x^{\rho})$ correct at all?

It should be the case that, in some appropriate sense $$\pi (x)\sim \operatorname{Ri}(x)-\sum_{\rho}\operatorname{Ri}(x^{\rho}) \tag{4}\label{386213_4}$$ with $\operatorname{Ri}$ denoting the Riemann ...
2 votes
1 answer
136 views

Is there a scalar product which makes orthonormal the family of complex functions $ (f_n)_{ n \geq 1 } $?

Let $ (f_n)_{ n \geq 1 } $ be a family of complex functions defined as follow, $ \forall n \geq 1 $, $$ f_n (z) = \dfrac{1}{n^{z}} $$ I would like to ask you if it is possible to construct a ( non-...
7 votes
2 answers
788 views

Reference request for the explicit formula for $\sum_{n\leq x} \Lambda(n)n^{-s}$

Denote by $\Lambda(n)$ the von Mangoldt function, which is equal to $\log p$ if $p\geq 2$ is a prime, and $0$ otherwise. Let $\rho$ denote a complex zero of the Riemann $\zeta$-function. If I recall ...
4 votes
0 answers
821 views

One of the numbers $\zeta(5), \zeta(7), \zeta(9), \zeta(11)$ is irrational

I am reading an interesting paper One of the numbers ζ(5), ζ(7), ζ(9), ζ(11) is irrational by Zudilin. We fix odd numbers $q$ and $r$, $q\geq r+4$ and a tuple $\eta_0,\eta_1,...,\eta_q$ of positive ...
-2 votes
2 answers
320 views

Bounds for analytic circles

It is known that for certain particular entire functions $f(s)$ of first order, in the circle $|s| = p$, if $\epsilon$ is a positive number as small as desired, the following bound holds: $$|f(s)| = O(...
49 votes
4 answers
6k views

If the Riemann Hypothesis fails, must it fail infinitely often?

That is must there either be no non-trivial zeros off the critical line or infinitely many? I'm sure that no one believes otherwise, but I've never seen a theorem in the literature addressing this. ...
4 votes
0 answers
268 views

Four infinite series involving Riemann zeta function

Can you provide a proof for at least one of the claims given below? It is known that $\pi=\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{3^n-1}{4^n} \cdot \zeta(n+1)$ where $\zeta$ denotes Riemann zeta ...
2 votes
2 answers
215 views

A expression for the tangent function involving $\zeta(n),n=2,3,\ldots$

A few procrastinal computations motivated by Four infinite series involving Riemann zeta function suggest the identity $$\tan\left(\frac{\kappa-1}{\kappa+1}\frac{\pi}{2}\right)=\frac{1}{\pi}\sum_{n=1}^...
5 votes
1 answer
426 views

Lindelöf hypotheses for derivatives of zeta

The Lindelöf hypothesis says that if we have: $$\zeta(\sigma+iT)=\mathcal O(T^a)$$ Then if one considers $\sigma=1/2$ then $\inf a=0$. Further, from convexity and the functional equation this implies ...
-3 votes
2 answers
315 views

When is $\Re(\zeta(s)) - \Im(\zeta(s)) = 0 $ with $\Re(\zeta(s))\neq 0$ and $\Im(\zeta(s))\neq 0$? [closed]

When is $\Re(\zeta(s)) - \Im(\zeta(s)) = 0 $ for $0<\Re(s)<1$. Here $\zeta$ denotes the Reimann zeta function. Does the solution live on a vertical line? Or is this another coincidence when both ...
5 votes
0 answers
321 views

Approximating $\zeta^{(r)}(s)$ by a sum

Let $\eta:[0,\infty)\to [0,\infty)$ be compactly supported, continuous and piecewise $C^1$, with its derivative $\eta'$ being of bounded variation. It is completely unsurprising that one can prove (...
52 votes
3 answers
6k views

Is the Riemann zeta function surjective?

Is the Riemann zeta function surjective or does it miss one value?
0 votes
2 answers
339 views

Error term in França-LeClair approximation of zeta zeros

The imaginary part of the $n$th critical zero of the Riemann zeta function with positive imaginary part (in increasing order) is asymptotically $$ t_n \sim 2\pi\frac{n}{\log n} $$ and has been ...
3 votes
1 answer
308 views

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 ...
-6 votes
1 answer
441 views

On gaps between consecutive zeros of the Riemann zeta function

Let $\gamma$ denote the imaginary part of a non-trivial zero of the Riemann zeta function. Do there exist some function $f$ such that $\gamma_{n+1} - \gamma_n > f(n)>0$ for all large $n$? To be ...
9 votes
2 answers
1k views

On the error term of the Riemann explicit formula

Let: $\rho$ be a non-trivial zero of the Riemann zeta function, $\Lambda$ be the von-Mangoldt function and $\psi(x) =\sum_{n \leq x} \Lambda(n)$. What is the best known upper bound for $$f(x, T) := \...
4 votes
0 answers
279 views

Order of growth of $\left|\frac{1}{\zeta’(\rho)}\right|$ as $\Im(\rho)\rightarrow\infty$?

Let $\zeta$ denote the Riemann zeta function, and let $\rho\in\mathbb{C}$ be a variable that takes its values among the zeros of the zeta function, so that $\zeta(\rho)=0$, and write $\rho=\sigma+it$. ...
2 votes
0 answers
217 views

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 ...
2 votes
1 answer
170 views

Is this a valid method of extending convergence of the Maclaurin series for $\frac{x}{x+1}$ from $|x|<1$ to $\Re(x)>-1$?

I originally asked this question on Math StackExchange a few months ago and no answers or even comments have yet been posted, so I'm asking this question again here on Math OverFlow. This Math ...
0 votes
1 answer
167 views

Residue calculation for Eulerian expansion of the cotangent

I am looking for ideas on proving the Eulerian expansion of the cotangent using residue calculation: $$\pi\cot(\pi z)=\frac{1}{z}+\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{1}{z+n}+\frac{1}{z-n}\right), \ z\in\...
29 votes
1 answer
2k views

Riemann's attempts to prove RH

I read somewhere that Riemann believed he could find a representation of the zeta function that would allow him to show that all the non-trivial zeros of the zeta function lie on the critical line. I ...
5 votes
1 answer
291 views

Asymptotics of the Liouville sum at the primes

Let $\lambda$ denote the Liouville function, and let $L(x):=\sum_{n \leq x} \lambda(n)$ be the Liouville sum. Define $c$ to be the supremum of the real parts of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function. ...
0 votes
1 answer
138 views

proving inequality in Riemann zeta function

Recently I have made some interesting observations on the limit $$\lim_{k\rightarrow \infty}{\sum_{n=1}^{k}{\dfrac{(-1)^{n-1}\biggl( \cos \left(\beta\ln(n)\right)\biggr)}{n^{\alpha}}}}. $$ When this ...
3 votes
2 answers
813 views

Do all rigorous proofs of Euler's product for $\zeta (s)$ use infinitude of primes?

There are two proofs of $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^s}=\prod_{p \text{ prime}}\frac{1}{1-p^{-s}},\quad \Re (s)\gt 1$$ which I'm aware of. I'll call the first one the Sieve proof and the second one ...
3 votes
1 answer
700 views

Derivative of the Riemann zeta function at $z=-2$

I have a question regarding the derivatives of the Riemann zeta function. It is known that $\zeta'(-1)=\frac{1}{12}-\ln A$, where $A$ is the Glaisher-Kinkelin constant (which is an elegant ...
2 votes
4 answers
3k views

Prove that the real part of this limit converges to $\frac{1}{2}$

Let $s= 1/3 + 14i$. Prove that the real part of this limit converges to $\frac{1}{2}$: $$ \Re\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \left( \left[ 1- \left( \sum _{k=1}^n \frac{(-1)^{k-1} \binom{n-1}{...
5 votes
0 answers
260 views

What is the winding behavior of the Riemann zeta function around zero along the line $s=1+it$?

Let $\phi: \mathbb R \setminus \{0\} \to S^1 \subset \mathbb C$ be defined by $$\phi(t)= \zeta(1+it)/|\zeta(1+it)|$$ (the nonvavishing of the denominator being a bit weaker than the prime number ...
5 votes
1 answer
660 views

Maximal analytic continuation of $\varphi(s)=\sum_{n\ge1} e^{-n^s}$

About 6 months ago I asked for an analytic continuation of $\varphi(s)=\sum_{n\ge1} e^{-n^s}.$ What's the maximal analytic continuation of $\varphi(s)?$ Doing this will help me better understand how ...
-2 votes
1 answer
138 views

Convergence of scrambled product for Dirichlet-$L$ function with modulo 4 character

A Dirichlet-$L$ function is typically defined by its series, and its Euler product is a consequence of the definition. Here my approach is the other way around. I define the function $$ L_4^*(s) = \...
4 votes
1 answer
924 views

A question on the use of fractional derivatives in Riemann Hypothesis

We already know that Riemann-zeta function on the critical band is defined as follows: $$(1-2^{1-\alpha})\zeta(\alpha) = \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{k+1}k^{-\alpha},\quad \Re(\alpha) \in ]0, 1[ $$ Is ...
14 votes
1 answer
1k views

What is the analytic continuation of $\varphi(s)=\sum_{n \ge 1} e^{-n^s}?$

My research has lead me to the following function that I'm trying to continue. 3 Months ago I posted this question to MSE, and have placed 3 bounties on the question, but haven't received an answer, ...
1 vote
0 answers
155 views

Function involving argument of the Riemann zeta function

When $t$ is an ordinate of a zero of Riemann zeta function, we define \begin{equation} f(t):=\frac{t}{2\pi}\log\left(\frac{t}{2\pi e}\right)+S(t)-\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{48 \pi t}+\frac{7}{5760 t^3}+...
4 votes
0 answers
450 views

Question about a paper by Franca and LeClair in analytic number theory

I am reading an article "Transcendental equations satisfied by the individual zeros of Riemann $\zeta$, Dirichlet and modular L-functions" by G. Franca and A. LeClair (2015) see here. The ...
0 votes
0 answers
169 views

On $\sum_{\rho\in D} \text{dist}(\rho)=\frac{1}{2\pi i} \int_{\partial{D}}\log \zeta(s)\ ds$

Let $D$ denote a closed two dimensional figure as: $D=2+iT\to 2\to 2-\delta\to 2-\delta+i(T-\delta)\to \frac{1}{2}+\epsilon+i(T-\delta)\to\frac{1}{2}+\epsilon\to\frac{1}{2}-\epsilon\to \frac{1}{2}-\...
20 votes
1 answer
745 views

On the equation $\zeta(s) = F(s)+F(s+1)$

Define the function $F(s)$ as the Dirichlet series $$ F(s) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{(n+1)n^{s-1}}, $$ which converges for $\operatorname{Re}(s)>1$. Has anyone seen/studied this function before? ...
13 votes
3 answers
1k views

Is anything known about the series $\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} x^{\sqrt{n}} $?

It's well known that there are a shocking number of identities for the usual Jacobi theta function $$ \theta_3(x) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty} x^{n^2}. $$ So I wanted to turn my attention to slowly ...