Let: $$f(x)=\zeta (x)$$ $$A(n,s)=\sum _{k=1}^n \frac{(-1)^{k-1} \binom{n-1}{k-1}}{f\left(\frac{k}{n}-\frac{1}{n}+s\right)}$$ $$B(n,s)=\sum _{k=1}^n \frac{(-1)^{k-1} \binom{n-1}{k-1}}{f\left(\frac{k}{n}+s\right)}$$ $$X(n,s)=\sum _{k=1}^n \frac{(-1)^{k-1} \binom{n-1}{k-1}}{f\left(\frac{k}{n}-\frac{1}{n}-s\right)}$$ $$Y(n,s)=\sum _{k=1}^n \frac{(-1)^{k-1} \binom{n-1}{k-1}}{f\left(\frac{k}{n}-s\right)}$$ $$a=\frac{1}{1-\frac{A(n,s)}{B(n,s)}}+s$$ $$b=\frac{1}{1-\frac{B(n,s)}{A(n,s)}}-s$$ $$c=\frac{1}{1-\frac{X(n,s)}{Y(n,s)}}-s$$ Notice that: $$X(n,s)=A(n,-s)$$ and $$Y(n,s)=B(n,-s)$$ For $s=1/3+14i$, show: $$\lim_{n\to \infty } \, ((a+b)(1-(b-c)))=1$$ Leaving out the limit symbol and substituting $a,b,c$: $$\left(\frac{1}{1-\frac{A}{B}}+\frac{1}{1-\frac{B}{A}}\right) \left(-\frac{1}{1-\frac{B}{A}}+\frac{1}{1-\frac{X}{Y}}+1\right)=1$$ which is equal to: $$-\frac{A Y+B X-2 B Y}{(A-B) (X-Y)}=1$$ multiplying with the denominator: $$-A Y-B X+2 B Y=(A-B) (X-Y)$$ subtracting with the right hand side: $$-A Y-B X+2 B Y -(A-B) (X-Y)=0$$ factoring: $$B Y-A X=0$$ which is: $$A X=B Y$$ Including the limit symbol again and substituting $A,B,X,Y$: $$\lim_{n\to \infty } \, \left(\left(\sum _{k=1}^n \frac{(-1)^{k-1} \binom{n-1}{k-1}}{f\left(\frac{k}{n}-\frac{1}{n}+s\right)}\right) \sum _{k=1}^n \frac{(-1)^{k-1} \binom{n-1}{k-1}}{f\left(\frac{k}{n}-\frac{1}{n}-s\right)}=\left(\sum _{k=1}^n \frac{(-1)^{k-1} \binom{n-1}{k-1}}{f\left(\frac{k}{n}+s\right)}\right) \sum _{k=1}^n \frac{(-1)^{k-1} \binom{n-1}{k-1}}{f\left(\frac{k}{n}-s\right)}\right)$$ For $n=30$ and $s=1/3+14i$ we get numerically: for the left hand side: $$55226.0411027488837442269063281-14296.8517199926101555805382701 i$$ and for the right hand side: $$55226.0411027488837442269063281-14296.8517199926101555805382701 i$$ which appear close to each other. ----------------------------------- while for example if we set the function to $f(x)=\zeta \left(x,\frac{1}{3}\right)$ we get numerically, for the left hand side: $$-\text{5.7804095358568700751853287633386056719879460800172587438796357645$\grave{ }$30.044170983082427*${}^{\wedge}$-32}-\text{4.5948958062512910951997009159524637155472195553235558338875204958$\grave{ }$29.944488042052914*${}^{\wedge}$-32} i$$ and for the right hand side: $$-\text{8.1747358863640979486289267057810389747002120618563412538892819063$\grave{ }$30.082847849900105*${}^{\wedge}$-32}-\text{4.9430723869496501619456415921898782802016090061312604239413643251$\grave{ }$29.864371090122273*${}^{\wedge}$-32} i$$ which are different. Mathematica: Clear[f, A, B, n, s, a, b, x, m]; f[x_] := Zeta[x]; A[n_, s_] := Sum[(-1)^(k - 1)*Binomial[n - 1, k - 1]/f[s + k/n - 1/n], {k, 1, n}] B[n_, s_] := Sum[(-1)^(k - 1)*Binomial[n - 1, k - 1]/f[s + k/n], {k, 1, n}] X[n_, s_] := Sum[(-1)^(k - 1)*Binomial[n - 1, k - 1]/f[-s + k/n - 1/n], {k, 1, n}] Y[n_, s_] := Sum[(-1)^(k - 1)*Binomial[n - 1, k - 1]/f[-s + k/n], {k, 1, n}] n = 30; s = 1/3 + 14*I; N[A[n, s]*X[n, s], 30] N[B[n, s]*Y[n, s], 30] Mathematica again: Clear[f, A, B, n, s, a, b, x, m]; f[x_] = Zeta[x]; A[n_, s_] = Sum[(-1)^(k - 1)*Binomial[n - 1, k - 1]/f[s + k/n - 1/n], {k, 1, n}]; B[n_, s_] = Sum[(-1)^(k - 1)*Binomial[n - 1, k - 1]/f[s + k/n], {k, 1, n}]; X[n_, s_] = Sum[(-1)^(k - 1)*Binomial[n - 1, k - 1]/f[-s + k/n - 1/n], {k, 1, n}]; Y[n_, s_] = Sum[(-1)^(k - 1)*Binomial[n - 1, k - 1]/f[-s + k/n], {k, 1, n}]; n = 120; s = N[1 + 2*I , 200]; Block[{$MaxExtraPrecision = 600}, N[A[n, s]*X[n, s]/(B[n, s]*Y[n, s]), 20]] N[1 + 5/((s/I)^2 + 4), 20] which numerically suggests that: $$\lim_{n\to \infty } \, \left(\frac{A(n,s) X(n,s)}{B(n,s) Y(n,s)} \right) =1+\frac{5}{4+\left(\frac{s}{i}\right)^2} $$ for those $s$ closest to the first trivial zero.