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On quotients of Riemann zeta values at odd and even integer arguments

Number Theory 2014-10-30 v3

Abstract

We show for even positive integers nn that the quotient of the Riemann zeta values ζ(n+1)\zeta(n+1) and ζ(n)\zeta(n) satisfies the equation ζ(n+1)ζ(n)=(11n)(112n+11)L(pn)pn(0),\frac{\zeta(n+1)}{\zeta(n)} = (1-\frac{1}{n}) (1-\frac{1}{2^{n+1}-1}) \frac{\mathcal{L}^\star(\mathfrak{p}_n)}{\mathfrak{p}_n'(0)}, where pnZ[x]\mathfrak{p}_n \in \mathbb{Z}[x] is a certain monic polynomial of degree nn and L:C[x]C\mathcal{L}^\star: \mathbb{C}[x] \to \mathbb{C} is a linear functional, which is connected with a special Dirichlet series. There exists the decomposition pn(x)=x(x+1)qn(x)\mathfrak{p}_n(x) = x(x+1) \mathfrak{q}_n(x). If n=p+1n = p+1 where pp is an odd prime, then qn\mathfrak{q}_n is an Eisenstein polynomial and therefore irreducible over Z[x]\mathbb{Z}[x].

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@article{arxiv.1209.4329,
  title  = {On quotients of Riemann zeta values at odd and even integer arguments},
  author = {Bernd C. Kellner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.4329},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

14 pages; final revised version; typos removed