An electrostatic depiction of the validity of the Riemann hypothesis and a formula for the nth zero at large n

DOI10.1142/S0217751X13501510zbMATH Open1280.11050arXiv1305.2613OpenAlexW3103485688MaRDI QIDQ5745809FDOQ5745809

Authors: André LeClair 

Publication date: 31 January 2014

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We construct a vector field E from the real and imaginary parts of an entire function xi (z) which arises in the quantum statistical mechanics of relativistic gases when the spatial dimension d is analytically continued into the complex z plane. This function is built from the Gamma and Riemann zeta functions and is known to satisfy the functional identity xi (z) = xi (1-z). E satisfies the conditions for a static electric field. The structure of E in the critical strip is determined by its behavior near the Riemann zeros on the critical line Re (z) = 1/2, where each zero can be assigned a + or - vorticity of a related pseudo-magnetic field. Using these properties, we show that a hypothetical Riemann zero that is off the critical line leads to a frustration of this "electric" field. We formulate our argument more precisely in terms of the potential Phi satisfying E = - gradient Phi, and construct Phi explicitly. One outcome of our analysis is a formula for the n-th zero on the critical line for large n expressed as the solution of a simple transcendental equation. Riemann's counting formula for the number of zeros on the entire critical strip can be derived from this formula. Our result is much stronger than Riemann's counting formula, since it provides an estimate of the n-th zero along the critical line. This provides a simple way to estimate very high zeros to very good accuracy, and we estimate the 10^{10^6}-th one.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2613

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zbMATH Keywords

electrostaticsRiemann hypothesisstatistical mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electro- and magnetostatics (78A30) Nonreal zeros of (zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)); Riemann and other hypotheses (11M26)

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