When ,
Elsewhere is defined by analytic continuation. It is a meromorphic function whose only singularity in is a simple pole at , with residue 1.
where
For further expansions of functions similar to (25.2.1) (Dirichlet series) see §27.4. This includes, for example, .
For see §24.2(i), and for see §24.2(iii).
product over all primes .
product over zeros of with (see §25.10(i)); is Euler’s constant (§5.2(ii)).