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Hurwitz Zeta Function

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The Hurwitz zeta function zeta(s,a) is a generalization of the Riemann zeta function zeta(s) that is also known as the generalized zeta function. It is classically defined by the formula

zeta(s,a)=sum_(k=0)^infty1/((k+a)^s)
(1)

for R[s]>1 and by analytic continuation to other s!=1, where any term with k+a=0 is excluded. It is implemented in this form in the Wolfram Language as HurwitzZeta[s, a].

The slightly different form

zeta^*(s,a)=sum_(k=0)^infty1/([(a+k)^2]^(s/2))
(2)

is implemented in the Wolfram Language as Zeta[s, a]. Note that the two are identical only for R[a]>0.

HurwitzZetaFunction

The plot above shows zeta(s,a) for real s and a, with the zero contour indicated in black.

For a>-1, a globally convergent series for zeta(s,a) (which, for fixed a, gives an analytic continuation of zeta(s,a) to the entire complex s-plane except the point s=1) is given by

zeta(s,a)=1/(s-1)sum_(n=0)^infty1/(n+1)sum_(k=0)^n(-1)^k(n; k)(a+k)^(1-s)
(3)

(Hasse 1930).

The Hurwitz zeta function is implemented in the Wolfram Language as Zeta[s, a].

For a=1, zeta(s,a) reduces to the Riemann zeta function zeta(s),

zeta(s,1)=zeta(s).
(4)

If the singular term is excluded from the sum definition of zeta(s,a), then zeta(s,0)=zeta(s) as well.

The Hurwitz zeta function is given by the integral

zeta(s,a)=1/(Gamma(s))int_0^infty(t^(s-1)dt)/(e^(at)(1-e^(-t)))
(5)

for R[s]>1 and R[a]>0.

HurwitzZetaZeros

The plot above illustrates the complex zeros of zeta(s,a) (Trott 1999), where s=x+iy. Here, the complex s-plane is horizontal and the real a-line is vertical and runs from a=1/2 at the bottom to a=1 at the top. The upper line is the critical line R[s]=1/2, which contains zeros of zeta(s)=zeta(s,1). The lower two lines are R[s]=0 and R[s]=1/2 (again), which contain zeros of 2^s-1 and zeta(s), respectively, since zeta(s,1/2)=(2^s-1)zeta(s); cf. equation (9) below.

This plot also appeared on the cover of the March 2004 issue of FOCUS, the Mathematical Association of America's news magazine.

The Hurwitz zeta function can also be given by the functional equation

zeta(s,p/q)=2Gamma(1-s)(2piq)^(s-1)sum_(n=1)^qsin((pis)/2+(2pinp)/q)zeta(1-s,n/q)
(6)

(Apostol 1995, Miller and Adamchik 1999), or the integral

zeta(s,a)=1/2a^(-s)+(a^(1-s))/(s-1)+2int_0^infty(a^2+y^2)^(-s/2){sin[stan^(-1)(y/a)]}(dy)/(e^(2piy)-1).
(7)

If R[z]<0 and 0<a<=1, then

zeta(z,a)=(2Gamma(1-z))/((2pi)^(1-z))[sin((piz)/2)sum_(n=1)^infty(cos(2pian))/(n^(1-z))+cos((piz)/2)sum_(n=1)^infty(sin(2pian))/(n^(1-z))]
(8)

(Hurwitz 1882; Whittaker and Watson 1990, pp. 268-269).

The Hurwitz zeta function satisfies

zeta(-n,a)=-(B_(n+1)(a))/(n+1)
(9)

for n>=0 (Apostol 1995, p. 264), where B_k(a) is a Bernoulli polynomial, giving the special case

zeta(0,a)=1/2-a.
(10)

In addition,

zeta(s,1/2)=sum_(k=0)^(infty)(k+1/2)^(-s)
(11)
=2^ssum_(k=0)^(infty)(2k+1)^(-s)
(12)
=2^s[zeta(s)-sum_(k=1)^(infty)(2k)^(-s)]
(13)
=2^s(1-2^(-s))zeta(s)
(14)
=(2^s-1)zeta(s).
(15)

Derivative identities include

d/(ds)zeta(0,a)=ln[Gamma(a)]-1/2ln(2pi)
(16)
d/(ds)zeta(0,0)=-1/2ln(2pi),
(17)

where Gamma(z) is the gamma function (Bailey et al. 2006, p. 179). The definition (1) implies that

d/(da)zeta(s,a)=-szeta(s+1,a)
(18)

for s!=0,1.

In the limit,

lim_(s->1)[zeta(s,a)-1/(s-1)]=-psi_0(a)
(19)

(Whittaker and Watson 1990, p. 271; Allouche 1992), where psi_0(z) is the digamma function.

The polygamma function psi_m(z) can be expressed in terms of the Hurwitz zeta function by

psi_m(z)=(-1)^(m+1)m!zeta(1+m,z).
(20)

For positive integers k, p, and q>p,

zeta^'(-2k+1,p/q)=([psi(2k)-ln(2piq)]B_(2k)(p/q))/(2k)-([psi(2k)-ln(2pi)]B_(2k))/(q^(2k)2k)+((-1)^(k+1)pi)/((2piq)^(2k))sum_(n=1)^(q-1)sin((2pipn)/q)psi_((2k-1))(n/q)+((-1)^(k+1)2(2k-1)!)/((2piq)^(2k))sum_(n=1)^(q-1)cos((2pipn)/q)zeta^'(2k,n/q)+(zeta^'(-2k+1))/(q^(2k)),
(21)

where B_n is a Bernoulli number, B_n(x) a Bernoulli polynomial, psi_n(z) is a polygamma function, and zeta(z) is the Riemann zeta function (Miller and Adamchik 1999). Miller and Adamchik (1999) also give the closed-form expressions (where a large number of typos have been corrected in the expressions below)

zeta^'(1-2k,1/2)=-(B_(2k)ln2)/(4^kk)-((2^(2k-1)-1)zeta^'(-2k+1))/(2^(2k-1))
(22)
zeta^'(1-2k,1/3; 2/3)=∓(sqrt(3)(9^k-1)B_(2k)pi)/(8k·9^k)-(3B_(2k)ln3)/(4k·9^k)∓((-1)^kpsi_(2k-1)(1/3))/(2sqrt(3)(6pi)^(2k-1))-((9^k-3)zeta^'(1-2k))/(2·9^k)
(23)
zeta^'(1-2k,1/4; 3/4)=∓((4^k-1)B_(2k)pi)/(4^(k+1)k)+((4^(k-1)-1)B_(2k)ln2)/(k·2^(4k-1))∓((-1)^kpsi_(2k-1)(1/4))/(4(8pi)^(2k-1))-((4^k-2)zeta^'(1-2k))/(2^(4k))
(24)
zeta^'(1-2k,1/6; 5/6)=∓((9^k-1)(2^(2k-1)+1)B_(2k)pi)/(8sqrt(3)k·6^(2k-1))+(B_(2k)(3^(2k-1)-1)ln2)/(4k·6^(2k-1))+(B_(2k)(2^(2k-1)-1)ln3)/(4k·6^(2k-1))∓((-1)^k(2^(2k-1)+1)psi_(2k-1)(1/3))/(2sqrt(3)(12pi)^(2k-1))+((2^(2k-1)-1)(3^(2k-1)-1)zeta^'(1-2k))/(2·6^(2k-1)),
(25)

where zeta^'(z_0,a) means dzeta(z,a)/dz|_(z=z_0), zeta^'(z_0) means dzeta(z)/dz|_(z=z_0), and the upper and lower fractions on the left side of the equations correspond to the plus and minus signs, respectively, on the right side.

See also

Hurwitz's Formula, Khinchin's Constant, Polygamma Function, QRS Constant, Riemann Zeta Function, Zeta Function

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