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The xi-function is the function
(1)
(2)
where is the Riemann zeta function and is the gamma function (Gradshteyn and Ryzhik 2000, p. 1076; Hardy 1999, p. 41; Edwards 2001, p. 16). This is a variant of the function originally defined by Riemann in his landmark paper (Riemann 1859), where the above now standard notation follows Landau (Edwards 2001, p. 16).
It is an entire function (Edwards 2001, p. 16).
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The zeros of and of its derivatives are all located on the critical strip , where . Therefore, the nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function exactly correspond to those of (i.e., the roots of are the same as those of for real ), with the additional benefit that is purely real.
The first few zeros occur at the values summarized in the following table (Wagon 1991, pp. 361-362 and 367-368; Havil 2003, p. 196; Odlyzko), where the corresponding negative values are also roots. The integers closest to these values are 14, 21, 25, 30, 33, 38, 41, 43, 48, 50, ... (Sloane's A002410). The numbers of zeros less than 10, , , ... are 0, 29, 649, 10142, 138069, 1747146, ... (Sloane's A072080; Odlyzko).
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1 A058303 14.134725
2 21.022040
3 25.010858
4 30.424876
5 32.935062
6 37.586178
Special values include
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(10)
where
(11)
and
(12)
(13)
(Edwards 2001, p. 15), with a Jacobi theta function. The coefficient has the simple analytic form
(14)
(15)
(Sloane's A114720).
As stated by Riemann (1859) and first rigorously proved by Hadamard (1893), the xi-function can be written as
(16)
where the product runs over the roots of (Edwards 2001, pp. 17-21).
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The xi-function extended into the complex plane is illustrated above.
The function is related to
(17)
where (Gradshteyn and Ryzhik 2000, p. 1074; Edwards 2001, p. 16), which is the function originally considered and actually denoted by Riemann (Edwards 2001, p. 16). This function can also be defined as
(18)
giving
(19)
The de Bruijn-Newman constant is defined in terms of the function.
Hardy (1914) proved that has infinitely many real roots (Hardy's theorem), Hardy and Littlewood (1921) proves that the number of real roots between 0 and is at least for some positive constant and all sufficiently large , and Selberg (1942) proved that this number is in fact at least for some positive and all large (Edwards 2001, p. 19).
SEE ALSO:
de Bruijn-Newman Constant, Hardy's Theorem, Lehmer's Phenomenon, Li's Criterion, Riemann Hypothesis, Riemann-Siegel Functions, Riemann-Siegel Integral Formula, Riemann Zeta Function, Riemann Zeta Function Zeros.
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Brent, R. P. "On the Zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function in the Critical Strip." Math. Comput. 33, 1361-1372, 1979.
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Hadamard, J. "Étude sur les propriétés des fonctions entières et en particulier d'une fonction considérée par Riemann." J. math. pures appl. 9, 171-215, 1893.
Hardy, G. H. "Sur les zéros de la fonction de Riemann." C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 158, 1012-1014, 1914.
Hardy, G. H. Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work, 3rd ed. New York: Chelsea, 1999.
Hardy, G. H. and Littlewood, J. E. "The Zeros of Riemann's Zeta-Function on the Critical Line." Math. Z. 10, 283-317, 1921.
Havil, J. Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, pp. 202-203, 2003.
Keiper, J. B. "Power Series Expansions of Riemann's Function." Math. Comput. 58, 765-773, 1992.
Li, X.-J. "The Positivity of a Sequence of Numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis." J. Number Th. 65, 325-333, 1997.
Odlyzko, A. M. "The th Zero of the Riemann Zeta Function and 70 Million of Its Neighbors." Preprint.
Odlyzko, A. "Tables of Zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function." http://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/zeta_tables/.
Riemann, G. F. B. "Über die Anzahl der Primzahlen unter einer gegebenen Grösse." Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 671-680, Nov. 1859.
Reprinted in Das Kontinuum und Andere Monographen (Ed. H. Weyl). New York: Chelsea, 1972. Also reprinted in English translation in Edwards, H. M. Appendix. Riemann's Zeta Function. New York: Dover, pp. 299-305, 2001.
Selberg, A. "On the Zeros of Riemann's Zeta-Function." Skr. Norske Vid.-Akad. Oslo, No. 10, 1942.
Sloane, N. J. A. Sequences A002410, A058303, A072080, and A114720 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."
Titchmarsh, E. C. The Theory of the Riemann Zeta Function, 2nd ed. New York: Clarendon Press, 1987.
Wagon, S. "The Evidence: Where Are the Zeros of Zeta of ?" Math. Intel. 8, 57-62, 1986.
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