Paper 2, Section II, A

Further Complex Methods | Part II, 2019

The Riemann zeta function is defined as

ζ(z):=n=11nz\zeta(z):=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^{z}}

for Re(z)>1R e(z)>1, and by analytic continuation to the rest of C\mathbb{C} except at singular points. The integral representation of ( \dagger ) for Re(z)>1\operatorname{Re}(z)>1 is given by

ζ(z)=1Γ(z)0tz1et1dt\zeta(z)=\frac{1}{\Gamma(z)} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{t^{z-1}}{e^{t}-1} d t

where Γ\Gamma is the Gamma function.

(a) The Hankel representation is defined as

ζ(z)=Γ(1z)2πi(0+)tz1et1dt\zeta(z)=\frac{\Gamma(1-z)}{2 \pi i} \int_{-\infty}^{\left(0^{+}\right)} \frac{t^{z-1}}{e^{-t}-1} d t

Explain briefly why this representation gives an analytic continuation of ζ(z)\zeta(z) as defined in ( \ddagger ) to all zz other than z=1z=1, using a diagram to illustrate what is meant by the upper limit of the integral in ()(\star).

[You may assume Γ(z)Γ(1z)=π/sin(πz)\Gamma(z) \Gamma(1-z)=\pi / \sin (\pi z).]

(b) Find

Res(tzet1,t=2πin)\operatorname{Res}\left(\frac{t^{-z}}{e^{-t}-1}, t=2 \pi i n\right)

where nn is an integer and the poles are simple.

(c) By considering

γtzet1dt\int_{\gamma} \frac{t^{-z}}{e^{-t}-1} d t

where γ\gamma is a suitably modified Hankel contour and using the result of part (b), derive the reflection formula:

ζ(1z)=21zπzcos(12πz)Γ(z)ζ(z)\zeta(1-z)=2^{1-z} \pi^{-z} \cos \left(\frac{1}{2} \pi z\right) \Gamma(z) \zeta(z)

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