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A Simple Counterexample to Havil's "Reformulation" of the Riemann Hypothesis

Number Theory 2012-05-09 v3 General Mathematics History and Overview

Abstract

This is an elementary note. It corrects a mistake in the reformulation of the Riemann Hypothesis in J. Havil's book Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant.

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@article{arxiv.0706.2840,
  title  = {A Simple Counterexample to Havil's "Reformulation" of the Riemann Hypothesis},
  author = {Jonathan Sondow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.2840},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

Expanded from 2 to 7 pages, new title, added: exposition of the RH and the alternating zeta function, proof that the corrected form of Havil's conjecture is a true reformulation of the RH, 4 references, and Acknowledgments