Experiments with the dynamics of the Riemann zeta function

Abstract: We collect experimental evidence for several propositions, including the following: (1) For each Riemann zero

h o

(trivial or nontrivial) and each zeta fixed point

p s i

there is a nearly logarithmic spiral

s_{h o, p s i}

with center

p s i

containing

h o

. (2)

s_{h o, p s i}

interpolates a subset

B_{h o, p s i}

of the backward zeta orbit of

h o

comprising a set of zeros of all iterates of zeta. (3) If zeta is viewed as a function on sets,

z e t a (B_{h o, p s i}) = B_{h o, p s i} c u p 0

. (4)

B_{h o, p s i}

has nearly uniform angular distribution around the center of

s_{h o, p s i}

. We will make these statements precise.

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