Partial zeta functions

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Abstract: In the present manuscript, we study analytic properties of zeta functions defined by partial Euler products.


Partial zeta functions are zeta functions defined by partial Euler products. In the case of the Riemann zeta function, they have been studied by \textit{N.\ Kurokawa} [Acta Arith. 48, 49--52 (1987; Zbl 0616.10034)]. The present author is concerned with partial zeta functions in a more general setting. His starting point is an Euler product \(\zeta_P(s) = \prod_{p\in P}(1-N(p)^{-s})^{-1}\,\) \((\text{Re}\,s>1)\), where \(P\) is an infinite countable set and \(N\) a map \(P\rightarrow {\mathbb R}_{>1}\) such that certain natural conditions known from the theory of ordinary zeta functions are satisfied. For a cyclic group \(G\) of prime order \(q\) and for a map \(\varphi: P\rightarrow G\) he defines the partial zeta function as \[ \zeta_{P_q}(s) = \prod_{p\in P_q}(1-N(p)^{-s})^{-1} \qquad(\text{Re}\,s>1), \] where \(P_q = \{p\in P \mid \varphi(p)\neq 1\}\). For this function he finds a functional equation showing that \(\zeta_{P_q}(s)\) can be analytically continued to Re\(\,s>0\). Under certain conditions on the distribution of the nontrivial zeros, \(\zeta_{P_q}(s)\) has a natural boundary on \(\text{Re}\,s=0\). As applications the author discusses the zeta functions of Dedekind, Selberg, and Ihara. He shows that the partial zeta functions have a natural boundary on Re\(\,s=0\) in the case of the Dedekind zeta functions for abelian fields, the Selberg zeta functions for congruence subgroups of \(\text{SL}_2({\mathbb Z})\), and the Ihara zeta functions for finite regular graphs.











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