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Riemann hypothesis and Quantum Mechanics

Mathematical Physics 2011-03-14 v3 math.MP Number Theory Quantum Algebra Quantum Physics

Abstract

In their 1995 paper, Jean-Beno\^{i}t Bost and Alain Connes (BC) constructed a quantum dynamical system whose partition function is the Riemann zeta function ζ(β)\zeta(\beta), where β\beta is an inverse temperature. We formulate Riemann hypothesis (RH) as a property of the low temperature Kubo-Martin-Schwinger (KMS) states of this theory. More precisely, the expectation value of the BC phase operator can be written as ϕβ(q)=Nq1β1ψβ1(Nq),\phi_{\beta}(q)=N_{q-1}^{\beta-1} \psi_{\beta-1}(N_q), where Nq=k=1qpkN_q=\prod_{k=1}^qp_k is the primorial number of order qq and ψb \psi_b a generalized Dedekind ψ\psi function depending on one real parameter bb as ψb(q)=qpP,pq11/pb11/p. \psi_b (q)=q \prod_{p \in \mathcal{P,}p \vert q}\frac{1-1/p^b}{1-1/p}. Fix a large inverse temperature β>2.\beta >2. The Riemann hypothesis is then shown to be equivalent to the inequality Nqϕβ(Nq)ζ(β1)>eγloglogNq, N_q |\phi_\beta (N_q)|\zeta(\beta-1) >e^\gamma \log \log N_q, for qq large enough. Under RH, extra formulas for high temperatures KMS states (1.5<β<21.5< \beta <2) are derived.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1012.4665,
  title  = {Riemann hypothesis and Quantum Mechanics},
  author = {Michel Planat and Patrick Solé and Sami Omar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.4665},
  year   = {2011}
}

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version to appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Theor

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