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Dirichlet Series and Euler Products -- Examples

1 · Prerequisites

2 · Summary

These examples show how the abstract half-plane statements behave in practice: the alternating and ordinary zeta series give different boundary phenomena, and the Möbius, divisor, totient, and Liouville identities can be read prime by prime or coefficient by coefficient once the page's absolute-convergence hypotheses are in place.

3 · Logical flowchart

4 · Definitions, theorems and proofs

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5 · Examples, counterexamples and false statements

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Boundary behavior can agree or differ for Dirichlet-series abscissae

Example

The ordinary zeta series ∑n≥1n−s has

σc=σa=1,

while the alternating eta series

∑n≥1(−1)n−1n−s

has σc=0 and σa=1.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The two displayed Dirichlet series.

[L1]

The abscissae σc and σa are defined by half-plane convergence and absolute convergence (The convergence and absolute-convergence abscissae of a Dirichlet series).

[L2]

Convergence at one point forces convergence on the open half-plane to its right (Convergence at one point of a Dirichlet series forces local uniform convergence on the open half-plane to its right).

[L3]

Absolute convergence at one point forces absolute convergence on every closed half-plane to its right (Absolute convergence at one point forces absolute and locally uniform convergence on closed half-planes to the right).

[L4]

Abel summation for complex series rewrites tails through bounded partial sums (Abel summation by parts for complex coefficients and their partial sums).

[L5]

For rational q>1, the series ∑n≥1n−q converges, while the p=1 case, the harmonic series, diverges (For rational p>0, ∑1/kp converges iff p>1).

[L6]

A series whose terms do not tend to 0 diverges (If a series converges then its terms tend to 0).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1L1L2L3L5givenchoosealgebra

For the zeta series, fix s with ℜs>1 and choose a rational q with 1<q<ℜs. Then ∣n−s∣=n−ℜs≤n−q, so [L5] gives absolute convergence. At s=1 the same series is the harmonic series and diverges by [L5]. Therefore [L1], [L2], and [L3] force both abscissae to equal 1: convergence at any point with real part <1 would imply convergence at 1, and absolute convergence at any point with real part <1 would imply absolute convergence at 1.

2.1step 1.1L1L2L4L6givenalgebra∎

For the eta series, fix s with σ:=ℜs>0. The partial sums of ∑(−1)n−1 are bounded by 1. Applying [L4] to the tail weights bn=n−s gives ∑n=MN(−1)n−1n−s=ANN−s−AM−1M−s+∑n=MN−1An(n−s−(n+1)−s), with ∣An∣≤1. Since n−s−(n+1)−s=Os(n−σ−1) and N−s→0, the right-hand side tends to 0 as M,N→∞, so the eta series converges for every ℜs>0. Its absolute series is ∑n−ℜs, so step 1.1 shows σa=1. At s=0 the terms are (−1)n−1, which do not tend to 0, so [L6] gives divergence. Therefore [L1] and [L2] force σc=0.

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The first coefficients of 1 over zeta are the Möbius values

Example

The reciprocal-zeta identity begins

1ζ(s)=1−12s−13s−15s+16s−17s+O(8−s),

matching the first Möbius values.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The reciprocal-zeta identity on ℜs>1.

[L2]

Verification

technique · direct
1.1L1givenalgebra

The first Möbius values are μ(1)=1, μ(2)=μ(3)=μ(5)=μ(7)=−1, μ(4)=μ(8)=0, μ(6)=1. So the displayed initial segment is exactly ∑n≤7μ(n)n−s.

2.1L1L2step 1.1algebra∎

Multiplying this initial segment by the initial segment of ζ(s) and using [L2], the coefficients through n=7 cancel to those of the Dirichlet-convolution identity. That is the coefficient-level content of [L1].

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The coefficient of 12 in zeta squared is the divisor count of 12

Example

The coefficient of 12−s in ζ(s)2 is τ(12)=6.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The identity ∑n≥1τ(n)n−s=ζ(s)2.

[L1]

The square of the zeta Dirichlet series is the divisor-counting Dirichlet series (The divisor-counting Dirichlet series is the square of the zeta Dirichlet series on Re s greater than 1).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1L1givenalgebra

The positive divisors of 12 are 1,2,3,4,6,12, so τ(12)=6.

2.1L1step 1.1∎

Therefore [L1] says that the coefficient of 12−s in ζ(s)2 is 6.

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A local prime factor in the Dirichlet series of Euler's totient

Example

For a prime p, the p-power contribution to the Dirichlet series of φ is

∑k≥0φ(pk)p−ks=1−p−s1−p1−s.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A prime p and ℜs>2.

[L1]
[L2]

φ(pk)=pk−pk−1 for k≥1 (For a prime p and k≥1, φ(pk)=pk−pk−1).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1L2givenalgebra

By [L2], ∑k≥0φ(pk)p−ks=1+∑k≥1(pk−pk−1)p−ks=1+(1−p−1)∑k≥1pk(1−s).

2.1L1step 1.1algebra∎

Summing the geometric series gives 1+(1−p−1)p1−s1−p1−s=1−p−s1−p1−s. This is the local factor of [L1].

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The Dirichlet series of the Liouville function is zeta of 2s divided by zeta of s

Example

For ℜs>1,

∑n≥1λ(n)n−s=ζ(2s)ζ(s),

where λ is the Liouville function.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A complex number s with ℜs>1.

[L1]

The Liouville function satisfies λ(pk)=(−1)k (Liouville's function).

[L2]

Completely multiplicative Dirichlet series have geometric Euler factors (Completely multiplicative Dirichlet series have geometric Euler factors).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1L1L2givenalgebra

By [L2], ∑n≥1λ(n)n−s=∏p11+  p−s. Indeed [L1] gives the local ratio f(p)=−1, so the denominator is 1−(−p−s)=1+p−s.

2.1step 1.1algebra∎

Since 11+p−s=1−p−s1−p−2s, multiplying over primes gives ∏p1−p−s1−p−2s=ζ(2s)ζ(s). So the claimed identity holds.

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The Euler-product identity does not survive after leaving the absolute half-plane

Statement refuted

Once a multiplicative Dirichlet series is written as an Euler product on its absolute half-plane, the same prime-by-prime regrouping remains valid on the boundary or beyond.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Dirichlet series ζ(s)=∑n≥1n−s.

Counterexample

technique · direct
1.1L1givenalgebra

On ℜs>1, [L1] gives ζ(s)=∏p(1−p−s)−1. At the boundary point s=1, however, the Dirichlet series is the harmonic series and diverges. So there is no value of the left-hand side there to which the proved Euler-product identity could apply.

2.1step 1.1∎

This already refutes the claimed boundary extension: the theorem proving the Euler product does not license prime-factor regrouping once absolute convergence is lost.

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A boundary line need not have uniform convergence behavior

Statement refuted

If a Dirichlet series converges at one point on the line ℜs=σc, then it converges at every point on that line.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Dirichlet series D(s):=∑k≥12−ksk, equivalently the series ∑n≥1ann−s with a2k=1/k and an=0 otherwise.

[L1]

The abscissa of convergence is defined by half-plane convergence (The convergence and absolute-convergence abscissae of a Dirichlet series).

[L2]

Counterexample

technique · direct
1.1L1L2L3givenalgebra

If ℜs=σ>0, then ∑k≥1∣2−ksk∣≤∑k≥12−kσ, and the right-hand side is a convergent geometric series by [L3]. So D(s) converges for every ℜs>0. At s=0 it becomes the harmonic series ∑k≥11/k, which diverges by [L2]. Therefore [L1] gives σc=0.

2.1L2step 1.1algebra

On the same boundary line, at s∗=πilog⁡2 one has 2−s∗=−1, so D(s∗)=∑k≥1(−1)kk, which converges by [L2]. Thus the line ℜs=0 contains both the divergent point s=0 and the convergent point s=s∗.

3.1step 1.1step 2.1∎

Therefore convergence at one boundary point does not force convergence at every point of the abscissa line.

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