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Analyzing Riemann's hypothesis

General Mathematics 2023-06-30 v3

Abstract

In this paper we perform a detailed analysis of Riemann's hypothesis, dealing with the zeros of the analytically-extended zeta function. We use the functional equation ζ(s)=2sπs1sin(πs/2)Γ(1s)ζ(1s)\zeta(s) = 2^{s}\pi^{s-1}\sin{(\displaystyle \pi s/2)}\Gamma(1-s)\zeta(1-s) for complex numbers ss such that 0<Re(s)<10<{\rm Re(s)}<1 and the reduction to the absurd method where we use an analytical study based on a complex function and its modulus as a real function of two real variables in combination with a deep numerical analysis to show that the real part of the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function is equal to 1/21/2 to the best of our resources. This is done in two steps. Firstly, we show what would happen if we assumed that the real part of ss has a value between 00 and 11 but different from 1/21/2 arriving at a possible contradiction for the zeros. Secondly assuming that there is no real value yy such that ζ(1/2+yi)=0\zeta\left(1/2 +yi \right)=0 by applying the rules of logic to negate a quantifier and the corresponding Morgan's law we also arrive to a plausible contradiction. Finally, we analyze what conditions should be satisfied by yRy \in \mathbb R such that ζ(1/2+yi)=0\zeta(\displaystyle 1/2 +yi)=0. While these results are valid to the best of our numerical calculations, we do not observe and foresee any tendency for a change. Our findings open the way towards assessing the validity of Riemman's hypothesis from a fresh and new mathematical perspective.

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@article{arxiv.2212.12337,
  title  = {Analyzing Riemann's hypothesis},
  author = {Mercedes Orus-Lacort and Roman Orus and Christophe Jouis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.12337},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

17 pages, 3 figures, 1 appendix, revised version

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