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A dynamic approach for the zeros of the Riemann zeta function - collision and repulsion

Number Theory 2021-08-10 v1

Abstract

For NNN \in \mathbb{N} consider the NN-th section of the approximate functional equation ζN(s)=n=1NBn(s), \zeta_N(s)= \sum_{n =1 }^N B_n(s), where Bn(s)=12[ns+χ(s)ns1]. B_n(s)= \frac{1}{2} \left [ n^{-s} + \chi(s) \cdot n^{s-1} \right ]. Our aim in this work is to introduce a new approach for the Riemann hypothesis by studying the way pairs of consecutive zeros of ζN(s)\zeta_N(s) change with respect to NN. For the initial stage, it is known that the non-trivial zeros of ζ1(s)\zeta_1(s) all lie on the critical line Re(s)=12Re(s)=\frac{1}{2}. In the region 2NIm(s)2π(N+1)2N \leq Im(s) \leq 2 \pi (N+1) the function ζN(s)\zeta_N(s) serves as an approximation of ζ(s)\zeta(s) itself, and it was conjectured by Spira that in this region ζN(s)\zeta_N(s) also admits zeros only on the critical line. We show that the appearance of zeros of a section off the critical line can be realized as the result of two consecutive zeros meeting and pushing each other off the critical line as NN changes, a process to which we refer to as a collision of zeros. Based on a study of the properties of ζN(s)\zeta_N(s), we suggest a way of re-arranging the order of summation of the elements Bn(s)B_n(s) in ζN(s)\zeta_{N}(s) with N=[Im(s)2]N=\left [ \frac{Im(s)}{2} \right ] that is expected to avoid collisions altogether, we refer to such a re-arrangement as a repelling re-arrangement. In particular, establishing that the suggested repelling re-arrangement indeed avoids collisions for any pair of zeros would imply RH.

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@article{arxiv.2108.03716,
  title  = {A dynamic approach for the zeros of the Riemann zeta function - collision and repulsion},
  author = {Yochay Jerby},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.03716},
  year   = {2021}
}

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24 pages, 11 figures