An integral equation for Riemann's zeta function and its approximate solution (Q2198032)

Summary: Two identities extracted from the literature are coupled to obtain an integral equation for Riemann's \(\xi\left( s\right)\) function and thus \(\zeta\left( s\right)\) indirectly. The equation has a number of simple properties from which useful derivations flow, the most notable of which relates \(\zeta\left( s\right)\) anywhere in the critical strip to its values on a line anywhere else in the complex plane. From this, both an analytic expression for \(\zeta\left( \sigma + i t\right)\), everywhere inside the asymptotic \(\left( t \longrightarrow \infty\right)\) critical strip, as well as an approximate solution can be obtained, within the confines of which the Riemann Hypothesis is shown to be true. The approximate solution predicts a simple, but strong correlation between the real and imaginary components of \(\zeta\left( \sigma + i t\right)\) for different values of \(\sigma\) and equal values of \(t\); this is illustrated in a number of figures.