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Publications and source records attributed to David J. Platt.
We consider sums of the form $\sum ϕ(γ)$, where $ϕ$ is a given function, and $γ$ ranges over the ordinates of nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function in a given interval. We show how the numerical estimation of such sums can be accelerated by a simple device, and give examples involving both convergent and divergent infinite sums.
We consider the sum $\sum 1/γ$, where $γ$ ranges over the ordinates of nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function in an interval $(0,T]$, and consider the behaviour of the sum as $T \to\infty$. We show that, after subtracting a smooth approximation $\frac{1}{4π} \log^2(T/2π),$ the sum tends to a limit $H \approx -0.0171594$ which can be expressed as an integral. We calculate $H$ to high accuracy, using a method which has error $O((\log T)/T^2)$. Our results improve on earlier results by Hassani and other authors.
We show that, on the Riemann hypothesis, $\limsup_{X\to\infty}I(X)/X^{2} \leq 0.8603$, where $I(X) = \int_X^{2X} (ψ(x)-x)^2\,dx.$ This proves (and improves on) a claim by Pintz from 1982. We also show unconditionally that $\frac{1}{5\,374}\leq I(X)/X^2 $ for sufficiently large $X$, and that the $I(X)/X^{2}$ has no limit as $X\rightarrow\infty$.
In one of his final research papers, Alan Turing introduced a method to certify the completeness of a purported list of zeros of the Riemann zeta-function. In this paper we consider Turing's method in the analogous setting of Selberg zeta-functions, and we demonstrate that it can be carried out rigorously in the prototypical case of the modular surface.
We formulate a precise conjecture that, if true, extends the converse theorem of Hecke without requiring hypotheses on twists by Dirichlet characters or an Euler product. The main idea is to linearize the Euler product, replacing it by twists by Ramanujan sums. We provide evidence for the conjecture, including proofs of some special cases and under various additional hypotheses.
This article considers the positive integers $N$ for which $ζ_{N}(s) = \sum_{n=1}^{N} n^{-s}$ has zeroes in the half-plane $\Re(s)>1$. Building on earlier results, we show that there are no zeroes for $1\leq N\leq 18$ and for $N=20, 21, 28$. For all other $N$ there are infinitely many zeroes.
We describe a computation that confirms the ternary Goldbach Conjecture up to 8,875,694,145,621,773,516,800,000,000,000 (>8.875e30).
We describe a rigorous implementation of the Lagarias and Odlyzko Analytic Method to evaluate the prime counting function and its use to compute unconditionally the number of primes less than $10^{24}$.
Let $χ$ be a primitive Dirichlet character of conductor $q$ and $L(z,χ)$ the associated L-series. In this paper we provide an explicit upper bound for $|L(1, χ)|$ when 3 divides $q$.
We describe two new algorithms for the efficient and rigorous computation of Dirichlet L-functions and their use to verify the Generalised Riemann Hypothesis for all such L-functions associated with primitive characters of modulus q<=400,000. For even q, we check to height t_0=max(1e8/q,7.5e7/q+200) and for odd q to height t_0=max(1e8/q,3.75e7/q+200).