Monday, November 20, 2017

complex analysis - Can we use analytic continuation to obtain sumin=1nftyn=b,bneqfrac112

Intuitive question



It is a popular math fact that the sum definition of the Riemann zeta function:
ζ(s)=n=11ns
can be extended to the whole complex plane (except one) to obtain ζ(1)=112. The right hand side for the above equation in 1 becomes the sum of the natural numbers so in some sense we have obtained a value for it. My question is: is this value depending on the choice of the Riemann zeta function as the function to be analytically continued, or do we always get 112?




Proper formulation



let (fn:DCC)nN be a sequence of functions and aC with nN:fn(a)=n and
f(z):=n=0fn(z)
convergent on a part of the complex plane, such that it can be analytically continued to a part of the plane that contains a. Does it then follow that, under this continuation, f(a)=112 and why (or can you give a counterexample)?



Examples




  • The case of the Riemann zeta function is the case where nN:fn(s)=1ns and a=1

  • The case where nN:fn(z)=nzn and a=1 does yield the sum of all natural numbers but it's continuation z(z1)2 has a pole at a.

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