Riemann zeta function

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The Riemann zeta function is a complex-valued function central to analytic number theory, whose properties—especially the distribution of its zeros—are deeply connected to the distribution of prime numbers.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Dirichlet series
L-function
complex-valued function
meromorphic function
special function
analyticContinuation extends meromorphically to C except s = 1
approximateFunctionalEquation ζ(s) expressed as finite sums plus error term
BernoulliNumberRelation ζ(2n) = (-1)^{n+1} (B_{2n} (2π)^{2n}) / (2 (2n)!)
completedZetaDefinition ξ(s) = ½ s(s-1) π^{-s/2} Γ(s/2) ζ(s)
completedZetaProperty ξ(s) is entire
completedZetaSymmetry ξ(s) = ξ(1-s)
connectedTo prime number theorem
criticalLine Re(s) = 1/2
definedOn complex plane
DirichletSeriesConvergenceRegion Re(s) > 1
DirichletSeriesDefinition ζ(s) = Σ_{n=1}^{∞} 1/n^s
EulerProduct ζ(s) = ∏_{p prime} (1 - p^{-s})^{-1}
EulerProductConvergenceRegion Re(s) > 1
field analytic number theory
complex analysis
functionalEquation ζ(s) = 2^s π^{s-1} sin(πs/2) Γ(1-s) ζ(1-s)
generalization Dedekind zeta functions
Dirichlet L-functions
Hasse–Weil L-functions
growthProperty ζ(s) is of order 1 as an entire function of s after removing pole
historicalPaper Riemann 1859 memoir "On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude"
introducedBy Bernhard Riemann
momentStudy moments of ζ(1/2+it) studied in random matrix theory
nontrivialZerosRegion 0 < Re(s) < 1
pole simple pole at s = 1
primeNumberTheoremRelation nonvanishing of ζ(s) on Re(s) = 1 equivalent to prime number theorem
relatedConjecture Riemann hypothesis
relatedTo distribution of prime numbers
residueAt1 1
RiemannHypothesisStatement all nontrivial zeros lie on Re(s) = 1/2
specialValue ζ(-1) = -1/12
ζ(0) = -1/2
ζ(1/2) is irrational (conjectured, not proved)
ζ(2) = π^2/6
ζ(4) = π^4/90
symbol ζ(s)
trivialZero s = -2
s = -4
s = -6
trivialZerosLocation negative even integers
universalityProperty Voronin universality theorem
valuesAtEvenIntegers ζ(2n) expressed using Bernoulli numbers and powers of π
variable complex variable s
VoroninUniversality translates of ζ(s) approximate wide classes of analytic functions in critical strip
zeroFreeRegion Re(s) > 1
there exists c > 0 such that ζ(s) ≠ 0 for Re(s) ≥ 1 - c/log(|Im(s)|+2)


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