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►The set of all bilinear transformations of this form is denoted by SL
(Serre (1973, p. 77)).
►A modular function
is a function of that is meromorphic in the half-plane , and has the property that for all , or for all belonging to a subgroup of SL
,
…(Some references refer to as the level).
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►First, as spherical functions on noncompact Riemannian symmetric spaces of rank one, but also as associated spherical functions, intertwining functions, matrix elements of SL
, and spherical functions on certain nonsymmetric Gelfand pairs.
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►With denoting here the elementary charge, the Coulomb potential between two point particles with charges and masses separated by a distance is , where are atomic numbers, is the electric constant, is the fine structure constant, and is the reduced Planck’s constant.
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►In these applications, the -scaled variables and are more convenient.
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Scaling
►The -scaled variables and of §33.14 are given by
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►For and , the electron mass, the scaling factors in (33.22.5) reduce to the Bohr radius, , and to a multiple of the Rydberg constant,
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►►►Figure 25.3.2: Riemann zeta function and its derivative , .
Magnify
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►►►Figure 25.3.4:
, .
and have the same zeros.
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Magnify►►►Figure 25.3.5:
, .
Magnify►►►Figure 25.3.6:
, .
Magnify
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►For any complex symmetric matrix ,
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►Then (35.2.1) converges absolutely on the region , and is a complex analytic function of all elements of .
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►where the integral is taken over all such that and ranges over .
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►If is the Laplace transform of , , then is the Laplace transform of the convolution , where
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►Calculations relating to the zeros on the critical line make use of the real-valued function
…is chosen to make real, and assumes its principal value.
Because , vanishes at the zeros of , which can be separated by observing sign changes of .
Because changes sign infinitely often, has infinitely many zeros with real.
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►Sign changes of are determined by multiplying (25.9.3) by to obtain the Riemann–Siegel formula:
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