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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2005 iii Paper 28 1 Solution by
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Use the Fourier transform convention . A version of the Poisson summation formula sufficient here isBoth sums converge absolutely. To prove it, form the periodization of a Schwartz function . The rapid decay of and all its derivatives makes this series and its differentiated series uniformly convergent on , so is smooth and one-periodic. Its Fourier coefficients areRepeated integration by parts makes these coefficients rapidly decreasing. Thus converges absolutely and uniformly and has the same coefficients as . By uniqueness of Fourier series it equals . Evaluation at zero proves the formula.
For , the Gaussian has transform . This follows from the Gaussian integral at frequency zero and integration by parts, which gives the differential equation . Hence the Jacobi theta functionsatisfies .
Use the normalization of the completed Riemann zeta functionInitially, for , the Gamma function integral and absolute convergence give its Mellin transform representationIndeed, the two equal terms for and cancel the factor , and the th integral is .
Split at and use the theta transformation in the integral over . Its elementary part isIn the remaining part substitute . DefineThe pole-subtracted theta integral for the completed zeta function is thereforeSince for , both integrals and every derivative in converge uniformly on compact subsets of . Thus is an entire function. The boxed identity supplies the meromorphic continuation of to the whole plane, with no other singularities. Its poles really are simple, because the residues of the displayed rational terms are nonzero:The identity also gives , the completed functional equation of the Riemann zeta function.
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