Large values of the Riemann zeta-function on rectifiable curves in the critical strip (Q1127985)

The author considers values of the zeta-function on a rectifiable curve \(\eta (t) +it\) with \(1/2 \leq \eta (t) \leq 1-\delta <1\) for some positive constant \(\delta \) with the purpose to show that one cannot go to infinity along a path in the critical strip avoiding large values of the zeta-function. In other words, one cannot stay in ``valleys'' all the time. An example of the results is the following: if \((\log \log t)^{-1} <\eta (t)-1/2=o(1)\) for large \(t\), then \[ \zeta (\eta (t)+it)=\Omega \left (\exp \left (C\frac{(\log t)^{1/2}}{\log \log t}\right) \right). \] This is comparable with known omega-estimates on vertical lines, for instance those obtained by \textit{K.-M. Tsang} [Mathematika 40, 203-214 (1992; Zbl 0788.11036)]. The proof is based on a modification of the Phragmén-Lindelöf principle.