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The main result of the authors is to show: \[ f(s):=\sum_{j=1}^{\infty} e^{\sqrt{-1}(j)^{1/n}s} \] is a smooth function for \(s\in \mathbb{R}-\{0\}\) for any \(n\geq 2\). Let \(\lambda_j\) be the eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a compact Riemannian manifold \(M\) of dimension \(m\). The singularities of the function \[ f_M(s):=\sum_{j=1}^\infty e^{\sqrt{-1}\lambda_js} \] are related to the lengths of closed geodesics on \(M\). Thus one wishes to show that this function has many singularities. Asymptotically, one has the Weyl estimate \(\lambda_j\sim j^{m/2}\). The example above shows that this is not sufficient to show that the function \(f_M(s)\) has singularities and thereby establish the existence of closed geodesics on \(M\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0870.00033].