On the mean square of the Riemann zeta-function (Q1366365)

In the critical strip one has an asymptotic formula \[ \int^T_0 |\zeta(\sigma+ it)|^2dt= \zeta(2\sigma)T+ {(2\pi)^{2\sigma- 1}\over2- 2\sigma} \zeta(2- 2\sigma)+ E_\sigma(T). \] \textit{K. Matsumoto} [Jap. J. Math., New Ser. 15, 1-13 (1989; Zbl 0684.10035)] showed that \[ \int^T_0 E^2_\sigma(t)dt= C(\sigma)T^{5/2-2\sigma}+ O_\sigma(T^{7/4- \sigma}\log T) \] for \({1\over 2}<\sigma<{3\over 4}\), where \(C(\sigma)\) is an explicitly given constant. The goal of the present paper is to examine the behaviour as \(\sigma\to{1\over 2}\). It is shown that the error term in the above mean value formula for \(E_\sigma(t)\) is then \[ O\Biggl(T^{9/4- 2\sigma}(\log T)\min\Biggl({1\over\sigma-{1\over 2}},\log T\Biggr)\Biggr), \] uniformly in \(\sigma\). The proof uses a generalized Atkinson formula for \(E_\sigma(T)\).