The Riemann \(\Xi\)-function under repeated differentiation (Q2506377)

The Riemann \(\Xi \)-function is defined by \[ \Xi (z) = \tfrac 12 s(s-1)\pi ^ {-s/2}\Gamma (s/2)\zeta (s) \] with \(s=1/2+iz\). Differentiation causes the small gaps between zeros of a given real entire function with order 1 to become larger and the larger gaps to become smaller. In this article, the author shows that for the Riemann \(\Xi\)-function, there exist sequences \(A_ n \) and \(C_ n\) with \(C_ n \to 0\) such that \[ \lim _ {n\to \infty}A_ n \Xi ^ {(2n)}(C_ n z) = \cos z \] uniformly on compact subsets of \(\mathbb C\). (This conjecture was proposed by \textit{D. W. Farmer} and \textit{R. C. Rhoades} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 357, No. 9, 3789--3811 (2005; Zbl 1069.30005)].) With his method, he can prove the same result for the analogues of the Riemann \(\Xi\)-function from automorphic \(L\)-functions. For some other Fourier transforms, it gives similar results as the Riemann \(\Xi\)-function.