scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1195717

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The Riemann hypothesis is known to be equivalent to the statement that all the zeros of the Fourier transform \(H(x)=\int _ 0 ^ {\infty} \Phi (t)\cos (xt)\,dt\) with \[ \Phi (t)=\sum _ {n=1} ^ {\infty} \pi n^2(2\pi n^2e^ {4t}-3)\exp (5t-\pi n^2e^ {4t}) \] are real. Therefore it is of interest to study the kernel \(\Phi (t)\). The main result of the paper is that the function \(\Phi (\sqrt{t})\) is convex for \(t>0\), that is, \((d^2/dt^2)\Phi (\sqrt{t})>0\). It is a corollary of this fact that the Fourier transform of \(\Phi (\sqrt{t})\) is always positive and thus has no real zeros, unlike \(H(x)\). In conclusion, the author formulates and discusses a number of related open problems.











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