A renormalization approach to the Riemann zeta function at -1,1+2+3+ -1/12.

Publication date 14 November 2019

Abstract: A scaling and renormalization approach to the Riemann zeta function,

z e t a

, evaluated at

- 1

is presented in two ways. In the first, one takes the difference between

U_{n} := s u m_{q = 1}^{n} q

and

4 U_{l e f t l f l o o r f r a c n 2 i g h t f l o o r}

where

l e f t l f l o o r f r a c n 2 i g h t f l o o r

is the greatest integer function. Using the Cesaro mean twice, i.e.,

l e f t (C, 2 i g h t)

, yields convergence to the appropriate value. For values of

z

for which the zeta function is represented by a convergent infinite sum, the double Cesaro mean also yields

z e t a l e f t (z i g h t),

suggesting that this could be used as an alternative method for extension from the convergent region of

z .

In the second approach, the difference

between

U_{n}

and a particular average,

, involving terms up to

k < n

and scaled by

k^{2}

is shown to equal exactly

- f r a c 112 l e f t (1 - k^{2} i g h t)

for all

k < n

. This leads to another perspective for interpreting

z e t a l e f t (- 1 i g h t)

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