greetings. we have the following integral : $$I(s)=s\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{dx}{2x}\left(E_{s/2}((\pi x)^{s/2})-1\right)\omega(x)-\left(E_{s/2}(( x)^{s/2})-1\right)e^{-x}$$ where : $E_{\alpha}(z)$ is the mittag-leffler fuction $\omega(x)=\frac{\theta(ix)-1}{2}$ $\theta(x)$ is the jacobi theta function and $\zeta(s)$ is the Riemann zeta function the integral behaves well for $Re(s)>1$ . i am trying to extend the domain of the integral to the whole complex plane except for some points. i have tried the identities: $\omega(x^{-1})=-\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}x^{1/2}+x^{1/2}\omega(x)$ and $E_{\alpha}(z^{-1})=1-E_{-\alpha}(z)$ to split the integration at 1 , and replace $x$ by $x^{-1}$ in the interval [0,1], but it seems i am lost !!! hence, the post . edit: another representation of the integral above is - for a minute assume i'm correct about this equivalence - : $$I(s)=s\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{E_{s}(x^{s})-1}{xe^{x}(e^{x}-1)}dx$$ i was wondering if we can apply Riemann's trick, and replace this integral with a contour integral to obtain a meromorphic integral !? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- following Riemann's trick, here is what i did : start with contour integral : $$I(s)=-s\oint_{c}\frac{E_{s}((-x)^{s})-1}{xe^{x}(e^{x}-1)}dx$$ the contour is the usual Hankel contour. consider $I(-s)$ : $$I(-s)=s\oint_{c}\frac{E_{-s}((-x)^{-s})-1}{xe^{x}(e^{x}-1)}dx=-s\oint_{c}\frac{E_{s}((-x)^{s})}{xe^{x}(e^{x}-1)}dx$$ or $$I(s)-I(-s)=s\oint_{c}\frac{dx}{xe^{x}(e^{x}-1)}=s\oint_{c}(-x)^{-1}e^{-x}dx-s\oint_{c}\frac{(-x)^{-1}dx}{e^{x}-1}$$ now :$$\oint_{c}(-x)^{-1}e^{-x}dx=\frac{-2\pi i}{\Gamma(1)}=-2\pi i$$ and the second integral could be thought of as: $$\oint_{c}\frac{(-x)^{-1}dx}{e^{x}-1}=\lim_{z\rightarrow 0}\oint_{c}\frac{(-x)^{z-1}dx}{e^{x}-1}=-2i\lim_{z\rightarrow 0}\sin(\pi z)\Gamma(z)\zeta(z)=i\pi$$ or : $$I(s)-I(-s)=-3\pi is$$ lets go back to the 1st integral, and expand the Mittag-leffler function : $$I(s)=-s\oint_{c}\frac{E_{s}((-x)^{s})-1}{xe^{x}(e^{x}-1)}dx=-s\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{\Gamma(1+ns)}\oint_{c}\frac{(-x)^{sk-1}dx}{e^{x}(e^{x}-1)}$$ $$=s\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{2i \sin(k\pi s)\Gamma(ks)}{\Gamma(1+ns)}\left(\zeta(ks)-1\right)=2i\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\sin(k\pi s)\frac{\zeta(ks)-1}{k}$$ now the problem becomes finding a function of the variable s -lets call it $A(s)$- such that: $$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\sin(k\pi s)\frac{\zeta(ks)-1}{k}=A(s)\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\zeta(ks)-1}{k}$$ if we define : $$k(s)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\zeta(ks)-1}{k}$$ then : $$A(s)k(s)-A(-s)k(-s)=-\frac{3}{2}\pi s$$ and the problem becomes proving the existence of $A(s)$ for all s, and of course, finding it !!