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Perron's Formula: 1 Statement
Perron's Formula: 1 Statement
Statement
L(s, ) = s
A(x)
dx
xs+1
where
g(s) =
a(n)
ns
n=1
A(x) =
(n)
nx
be the corresponding Dirichlet series. Presume the
Dirichlet series to be uniformly convergent for (s) >
and (n) is a Dirichlet character. Other examples ap. Then Perrons formula is
pear in the articles on the Mertens function and the von
Mangoldt function.
c+i
z
1
x
A(x) =
a(n) =
g(z) dz.
2i ci
z
4 References
nx
Page 243 of Apostol, Tom M. (1976), Introduction to analytic number theory, Undergraduate Texts
in Mathematics, New York-Heidelberg: SpringerVerlag, ISBN 978-0-387-90163-3, MR 0434929,
Zbl 0335.10001
Weisstein, Eric W., Perrons formula, MathWorld.
Proof
g(s) =
a(n)
=
s
A(x)x(s+1) dx.
s
n
0
n=1
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