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Experiments with the dynamics of the Riemann zeta function

Number Theory 2017-03-31 v2

Abstract

We collect experimental evidence for several propositions, including the following: (1) For each Riemann zero ρ\rho (trivial or nontrivial) and each zeta fixed point ψ\psi there is a nearly logarithmic spiral sρ,ψs_{\rho, \psi} with center ψ\psi containing ρ\rho. (2) sρ,ψs_{\rho, \psi} interpolates a subset Bρ,ψB_{\rho, \psi} of the backward zeta orbit of ρ\rho comprising a set of zeros of all iterates of zeta. (3) If zeta is viewed as a function on sets, ζ(Bρ,ψ)=Bρ,ψ{0}\zeta(B_{\rho, \psi}) = B_{\rho, \psi} \cup \{0 \}. (4) Bρ,ψB_{\rho, \psi} has nearly uniform angular distribution around the center of sρ,ψs_{\rho, \psi}. We will make these statements precise.

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@article{arxiv.1703.08779,
  title  = {Experiments with the dynamics of the Riemann zeta function},
  author = {Barry Brent},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.08779},
  year   = {2017}
}

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