Fractional-part continuation formula for the Riemann zeta function

ID: fractional-part-continuation-formula-for-the-riemann-zeta-function

Abel summation applied to the counting function gives the displayed identity for and every . Since , the integral is locally uniformly convergent and holomorphic for . This supplies a meromorphic continuation of the Riemann zeta function to that half-plane, with its sole pole at one and residue one. Keeping the fractional endpoint term makes the formula valid at noninteger cutoffs.

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