Correlations of eigenvalues and Riemann zeros (Q1002445)

Let \(\rho=\beta+i\gamma\) denote a complex zero of the Riemann zeta-function \(\zeta(s)\). In 1973 \textit{H. L. Montgomery} [Analytic Number Theory, Proc. Sympos. Pure Math. 24, St. Louis Univ. Missouri 1972, 181--193 (1973; Zbl 0268.10023)] proved the following result, assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, on the two-point correlation of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function: \[ \begin{split}&\sum_{\gamma_1,\gamma_2\in [0,T]} w(\gamma_1-\gamma_2) f\left(\frac{\log T}{2\pi}(\gamma_1-\gamma_2) \right)\\ & \qquad\qquad = \frac{T\log T}{2\pi} \left( f(0) + \int _{-\infty}^{\infty} f(u) \left[ 1-\left(\frac{\sin (\pi u)}{\pi u} \right)^2\right] du +o(1)\right)\end{split} \] for suitably decaying functions \(f\) with Fourier transform supported in \([-1,1]\) and weight \(w(x)=\frac{4}{4+u^2}\). Later many papers appeared concerning this result, for a historical background see the introduction of the paper under review. Here authors use the ratios conjecture of J. B. Conrey, D. W. Farmer and M. R. Zirnbauer [Autocorrelation of ratios of characteristic polynomials and of \(L\)-functions, arXiv:0711.0718] for average values of the Riemann zeta function to calculate the lower order terms of the \(n\)-correlation function of the Riemann zeros. The authors' method also works for the random matrix theory (RMT). As examples they explicitly write out all of the terms for \(n\)-correlations for RMT eigenvalues and for \(\zeta(s)\) zeros for \(2\leq n\leq4\). This paper extends the authors' calculation of the triple correlation of \(\zeta(s)\) zeros [J. Théor. Nombres Bordx. 20, No. 1, 61--106 (2008; Zbl 1208.11103)].