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Tau-Dirichlet Series


\begin{displaymath}
\tau_{DS}(z) \equiv \sum_{n=1}^\infty {\tau(n)\over n^z},
\end{displaymath}

where $\tau(n)$ is the Tau Function. Ramanujan conjectured that all nontrivial zeros of $\tau_{DS}(S)$ lie on the line $\Re[z]=6$.

See also Tau Function


References

Spira, R. ``Calculation of the Ramanujan Tau-Dirichlet Series.'' Math. Comput. 27, 379-385, 1973.

Yoshida, H. ``On Calculations of Zeros of L-Functions Related with Ramanujan's Discriminant Function on the Critical Line.'' J. Ramanujan Math. Soc. 3, 87-95, 1988.




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1999-05-26