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Number theory Analytic number theory Conjecture

Riemann hypothesis

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Statement

Let ζ\zeta be the Riemann zeta function. Every zero ss of ζ\zeta with 0<Re⁡s<10 < \operatorname{Re} s < 1 satisfies Re⁡s=12\operatorname{Re} s = \frac{1}{2}.

Remarks

The zeros of ζ\zeta are the trivial zeros −2,−4,−6,…-2, -4, -6, \dots and the nontrivial zeros, which lie in the strip 0<Re⁡s<10 < \operatorname{Re} s < 1. This follows from the functional equation and the non-vanishing on the line Re s = 1. So the conjecture says that every nontrivial zero lies on the critical line Re⁡s=1/2\operatorname{Re} s = 1/2. The first nontrivial zeros are at about 12±14.1347i\frac{1}{2} \pm 14.1347 i. The conjecture is open. Riemann stated it in his 1859 paper on the number of primes below a given size. It is one of Hilbert's problems of 1900 and one of the Clay Millennium Prize Problems. Known partial results: Hardy proved that infinitely many zeros lie on the critical line, and Selberg proved that a positive proportion of them do. An equivalent form: π(x)=li⁡(x)+O(xlog⁡x)\pi(x) = \operatorname{li}(x) + O(\sqrt{x} \log x), where π\pi is the prime-counting function and li⁡(x)=∫2xdt/log⁡t\operatorname{li}(x) = \int_2^x dt / \log t. The generalized Riemann hypothesis states the same for Dirichlet L-functions and other L-functions.

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