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The Riemann Zeta Function and the Prime Number Theorem

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Complex Analysis with Applications to Number Theory

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For a complex number s, we always denote its real part by \(\sigma \) and imaginary part by t. Thus \(s=\sigma +it.\) The Riemann Zeta function  is defined as

$$ \zeta (s)=\sum ^{\infty }_{n=1} \ \ \frac{1}{n^s} \ \text {in} \ \sigma > 1.$$

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Shorey, T.N. (2020). The Riemann Zeta Function and the Prime Number Theorem. In: Complex Analysis with Applications to Number Theory. Infosys Science Foundation Series(). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9097-9_7

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