Zeros of high derivatives of the Riemann zeta function (Q491361)

This paper investigates the distribution of zeros of higher derivatives \(\zeta^{(k)}(s)\) of the Riemann zeta function, mainly for \(k \geq 3\). For \(M>1\), let \[ q_M:=\frac{\log\left(\frac{\log M}{\log (M+1)}\right)}{\log\left(\frac{M}{M+1}\right)} \] The main result. Let \(k \in \mathbb N\) and let \(u \in \mathbb R_+^*\) be a solution of \[ 1 - \frac{1}{e^u - 1} - \frac{1}{e^u} \left( 1 + \frac{1}{u}\right) \geq 0 \] {\parindent=6mm \begin{itemize} \item[a)] If \(q_3k + 4\log 3 < q_2k -2\), then \(\zeta^{(k)}(s) \not = 0\) for \(q_3k + 4\log 3 \leq \sigma \leq q_2k -2\). \item [b)] If \(M\in \mathbb N\), \(M > 3\) and \(q_Mk + (M+1) u \leq q_{M-1}k -Mu\), then \(\zeta^{(k)}(s) \not = 0\) for \(q_Mk + (M+1) u \leq \sigma \leq q_{M-1}k -Mu\). \end{itemize}} A second theorem, more complex, establishes rectangular regions in the complex plane containing exactly one zero of \(\zeta^{(k)}(s)\).