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§25.5 Integral Representations

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§25.5(i) In Terms of Elementary Functions

Throughout this subsection s\neq 1.

§25.5(ii) In Terms of Other Functions

where

For \mathop{\theta_{{3}}\/}\nolimits see §20.2(i). For similar representations involving other theta functions see Erdélyi et al. (1954a, p. 339).

§25.5(iii) Contour Integrals

25.5.20\mathop{\zeta\/}\nolimits\!\left(s\right)=\frac{\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!%
\left(1-s\right)}{2\pi i}\int_{{-\infty}}^{{(0+)}}\frac{z^{{s-1}}}{e^{{-z}}-1}dz,s\neq 1,2,\dots,

where the integration contour is a loop around the negative real axis; it starts at -\infty, encircles the origin once in the positive direction without enclosing any of the points z=\pm 2\pi i, \pm 4\pi i, …, and returns to -\infty. Equivalently,

The contour here is any loop that encircles the origin in the positive direction not enclosing any of the points \pm\pi i, \pm 3\pi i, ….