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If our chaotic operator is derived correctly, then the Riemann hypothesis holds true

General Mathematics 2025-12-25 v2 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

This work develops an operator-theoretic and dynamical framework inspired by the Riemann--von Mangoldt formula, chaotic dynamics, and random-matrix models for the Riemann zeta function, without attempting to prove the Riemann Hypothesis. Starting from the explicit zero-counting function N(T)N(T), we construct a discrete map on the critical line and analyse its Lyapunov exponents and bifurcation diagrams, showing that the smooth von Mangoldt term generates a strongly unstable flow that captures the global growth of the zero density. Motivated by this dynamics, we define a self-adjoint ``chaotic'' operator Oα\mathcal{O}_\alpha on a weighted Hilbert space with weight dN/dT\mathrm{d}N/\mathrm{d}T, prove its unboundedness and essential self-adjointness, and describe its spectral resolution via the spectral theorem. Finite-dimensional truncations of Oα\mathcal{O}_\alpha yield Hermitian random matrices whose eigenvalue statistics agree numerically with Gaussian unitary ensemble predictions and show qualitative similarities to both Odlyzko's zeta zeros and the hydrogen-atom spectrum, suggesting that Oα\mathcal{O}_\alpha lies in the same universality class as the nontrivial zeros and providing a concrete Hilbert--P\'olya--type framework rather than a proof of the conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2404.00583,
  title  = {If our chaotic operator is derived correctly, then the Riemann hypothesis holds true},
  author = {Zeraoulia Rafik and Pedro Caceres},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.00583},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Revised version: rigorous operator-theoretic framework from the Riemann--von Mangoldt formula, with spectral and numerical analysis (Lyapunov exponents, bifurcations, random-matrix truncations, hydrogen comparison), without claiming a proof of RH (with Pedro Ceras)