Simple zeros of the Ramanujan \(\tau\)-Dirichlet series (Q1107571)

Let \(L(s)\) be the entire function defined by the Dirichlet series \(\displaystyle L(s)=\sum^{\infty}_{n=1}\tau (n) n^{-s}\) for \(\Re s >13/2\), where \(\tau(n)\) is Ramanujan's tau-function. The authors prove that there are arbitrary large \(T\) for which \(N(T)\gg_{\varepsilon} T^{1/6-\varepsilon},\) \(\varepsilon >0\), where N(T) denotes the number of simple zeros of \(L(s)\) in the region \(0< \Im s<T\). The proof essentially depends on the nonvanishing of \(L(s)\) for \(s>11/2\), \(s\in\mathbb{R}\); on \textit{A. Good}'s mean-value theorem [Mathematika 29, 278--295 (1982; Zbl 0503.10020)]; on an estimate for \(\displaystyle\sum_{m\leq n}\tau (m)\), due to \textit{A. Perelli} [Mathematika 31, 150--158 (1984; Zbl 0549.10033)]; and on calculations by \textit{R. C. Spira} [Math. Comput. 27, 379--385 (1973; Zbl 0283.10022)] that ensure existence of a zero \(6+i\gamma_0\) of odd multiplicity with \(9<\gamma_0<10\) for \(L(s)\). The authors have announced their result in C. R. Math. Acad. Sci., Soc. R. Canada 10, No. 2, 95--99 (1988; Zbl 0652.10030)].