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§25.11 Hurwitz Zeta Function

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§25.11(i) Definition

The function \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,a\right) was introduced in Hurwitz (1882) and defined by the series expansion

25.11.1 \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,a\right)=\sum _{{n=0}}^{\infty}\frac{1}{(n+a)^{s}}, \realpart{s}>1, a\neq 0,-1,-2,\dots.

\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,a\right) has a meromorphic continuation in the s-plane, its only singularity in \Complex being a simple pole at s=1 with residue 1. As a function of a, with s (\neq 1) fixed, \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,a\right) is analytic in the half-plane \realpart{a}>0. The Riemann zeta function is a special case:

25.11.2 \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,1\right)=\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s\right).

For most purposes it suffices to restrict 0<\realpart{a}\leq 1 because of the following straightforward consequences of (25.11.1):

25.11.3 \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,a\right)=\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,a+1\right)+a^{{-s}},
25.11.4 \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,a\right)=\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,a+m\right)+\sum _{{n=0}}^{{m-1}}\frac{1}{(n+a)^{s}}, m=1,2,3,\dots.

Most references treat real a with 0<a\leq 1.

§25.11(ii) Graphics

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Figure 25.11.1: Hurwitz zeta function \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,a\right), a = 0.3, 0.5, 0.8, 1, -20\leq x\leq 10. The curves are almost indistinguishable for -14<x<-1, approximately. Magnify
Figure 25.11.2: Hurwitz zeta function \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(x,a\right), -19.5\leq x\leq 10, 0.02\leq a\leq 1. Magnify

§25.11(iv) Series Representations

§25.11(v) Special Values

§25.11(vi) Derivatives

s-Derivatives

In (25.11.18)–(25.11.24) primes on \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits denote derivatives with respect to s. Similarly in §§25.11(viii) and 25.11(xii).

25.11.18 {\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(0,a\right)=\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(a\right)-\tfrac{1}{2}\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits\!\left(2\pi\right), a>0.
25.11.19 {\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(s,a\right)=-\frac{\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits a}{a^{s}}\left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{a}{s-1}\right)-\frac{a^{{1-s}}}{(s-1)^{2}}+s(s+1)\int _{0}^{\infty}\frac{\mathop{\widetilde{B}_{{2}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right)\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits\!\left(x+a\right)}{(x+a)^{{s+2}}}dx-(2s+1)\int _{0}^{\infty}\frac{\mathop{\widetilde{B}_{{2}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right)}{(x+a)^{{s+2}}}dx, \realpart{s}>-1, s\neq 1, a>0.
25.11.20 (-1)^{k}{\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{(k)}}}\!\left(s,a\right)=\frac{(\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits a)^{k}}{a^{s}}\left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{a}{s-1}\right)+k!a^{{1-s}}\sum _{{r=0}}^{{k-1}}\frac{(\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits a)^{r}}{r!(s-1)^{{k-r+1}}}-s(s+1)\int _{0}^{\infty}\frac{\mathop{\widetilde{B}_{{2}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right)(\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits\!\left(x+a\right))^{k}}{(x+a)^{{s+2}}}dx+k(2s+1)\int _{0}^{\infty}\frac{\mathop{\widetilde{B}_{{2}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right)(\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits\!\left(x+a\right))^{{k-1}}}{(x+a)^{{s+2}}}dx-k(k-1)\int _{0}^{\infty}\frac{\mathop{\widetilde{B}_{{2}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(x\right)(\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits\!\left(x+a\right))^{{k-2}}}{(x+a)^{{s+2}}}dx, \realpart{s}>-1, s\neq 1, a>0.
25.11.21 {\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(1-2n,\frac{h}{k}\right)=\frac{(\mathop{\psi\/}\nolimits\!\left(2n\right)-\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits\!\left(2\pi k\right))\mathop{B_{{2n}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(h/k\right)}{2n}-\frac{(\mathop{\psi\/}\nolimits\!\left(2n\right)-\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits\!\left(2\pi\right))\mathop{B_{{2n}}\/}\nolimits}{2nk^{{2n}}}+\frac{(-1)^{{n+1}}\pi}{(2\pi k)^{{2n}}}\sum _{{r=1}}^{{k-1}}\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits\!\left(\frac{2\pi rh}{k}\right){\mathop{\psi\/}\nolimits^{{(2n-1)}}}\!\left(\frac{r}{k}\right)+\frac{(-1)^{{n+1}}2\cdot(2n-1)!}{(2\pi k)^{{2n}}}\sum _{{r=1}}^{{k-1}}\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits\!\left(\frac{2\pi rh}{k}\right){\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(2n,\frac{r}{k}\right)+\frac{{\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(1-2n\right)}{k^{{2n}}},

where h,k are integers with 1\leq h\leq k and n=1,2,3,\dots.

25.11.22 {\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(1-2n,\tfrac{1}{2}\right)=-\frac{\mathop{B_{{2n}}\/}\nolimits\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits 2}{n\cdot 4^{n}}-\frac{(2^{{2n-1}}-1){\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(1-2n\right)}{2^{{2n-1}}}, n=1,2,3,\dots.
25.11.23 {\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(1-2n,\tfrac{1}{3}\right)=-\frac{\pi(9^{n}-1)\mathop{B_{{2n}}\/}\nolimits}{8n\sqrt{3}(3^{{2n-1}}-1)}-\frac{\mathop{B_{{2n}}\/}\nolimits\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits 3}{4n\cdot 3^{{2n-1}}}-\frac{(-1)^{n}{\mathop{\psi\/}\nolimits^{{(2n-1)}}}\!\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)}{2\sqrt{3}(6\pi)^{{2n-1}}}-\frac{\left(3^{{2n-1}}-1\right){\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(1-2n\right)}{2\cdot 3^{{2n-1}}}, n=1,2,3,\dots.
25.11.24 \sum _{{r=1}}^{{k-1}}{\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(s,\frac{r}{k}\right)=(k^{s}-1){\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits^{{\prime}}}\!\left(s\right)+k^{s}\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s\right)\mathop{\ln\/}\nolimits k, s\neq 1, k=1,2,3,\dots.

§25.11(vii) Integral Representations

§25.11(ix) Integrals

See Prudnikov et al. (1990, §2.3), Prudnikov et al. (1992a, §3.2), and Prudnikov et al. (1992b, §3.2).

§25.11(x) Further Series Representations

When a=1, (25.11.35) reduces to (25.2.3).

25.11.36 \sum _{{n=1}}^{\infty}\frac{\chi(n)}{n^{s}}=k^{{-s}}\sum _{{r=1}}^{k}\chi(r)\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,\frac{r}{k}\right), \realpart{s}>1,

where \chi(n) is a Dirichlet character \;\;(\mathop{{\rm mod}}k)27.8).

See also Srivastava and Choi (2001).

§25.11(xi) Sums

For further sums see Prudnikov et al. (1990, pp. 396–397) and Hansen (1975, pp. 358–360).

§25.11(xii) a-Asymptotic Behavior

As \beta\to\pm\infty with s fixed, \realpart{s}>1,

25.11.42 \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,\alpha+i\beta\right)\to 0,

uniformly with respect to bounded nonnegative values of \alpha.

As a\to\infty in the sector |\mathop{\mathrm{ph}\/}\nolimits a|\leq\pi-\delta(<\pi), with s(\neq 1) and \delta fixed, we have the asymptotic expansion

25.11.43 \mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s,a\right)-\frac{a^{{1-s}}}{s-1}-\frac{1}{2}a^{{-s}}\sim\sum _{{k=1}}^{{\infty}}\frac{\mathop{B_{{2k}}\/}\nolimits}{(2k)!}\frac{\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(s+2k-1\right)}{\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(s\right)}a^{{1-s-2k}}.

For an exponentially-improved form of (25.11.43) see Paris (2005b).

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