Units of the quadratic field Q square root of five Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Euler product Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-06
An Euler product factors a Dirichlet series into local factors indexed by prime numbers. For a multiplicative arithmetic function and in a half-plane of absolute convergence,
Dirichlet hyperbola method Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
The Dirichlet hyperbola method turns a long summation over a Dirichlet convolution into two short ones by covering the lattice points below a hyperbola with two overlapping strips. Its simplest application is an exact count: for a positive integer , every positive integer divisor of corresponds to the ordered pair . Thus the divisor summatory function counts precisely the ordered pairs of positive integers with :Here is the divisor function, and the floor function gives the number of allowed values of for each . The axes are excluded, while points on are included.
Set , using the floor function and the positive square root. Every counted pair has or . Otherwise . The first strip contains points; swapping the two coordinates gives the same count for the second. Their overlap contains all pairs with , since . The inclusion-exclusion principle therefore gives the exact identityThe subtraction is for the whole overlap square, rather than only the diagonal. The same Dirichlet hyperbola method identity holds for real , with and . [ref]
Multiplicative number theory: The pretentious approach by Andrew Granville and K. Soundararajan. Andrew Granville and K. Soundararajan, Multiplicative number theory: The pretentious approach, §1.1.4, pp. 7–8: divisor pairing and the hyperbola split
The Dirichlet hyperbola method counts 35 positive lattice points with : two strips of 22 points overlap in a square of nine points
. Details. Dirichlet beta reflection formula Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-07
The functional equation may be written
Trivial zero of a Dirichlet L-function Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
For a primitive nonprincipal Dirichlet character with parity , the Gamma function poles in its completed Dirichlet L-function force zeros of at , . The functional equation and nonvanishing of nonprincipal Dirichlet L-functions at one show that these zeros are simple and cancel the poles, rather than remaining zeros of the completion. For the Dirichlet beta function, the odd-parity examples are . The primitive principal conductor-one case is different: its zeta trivial zeros start at and the completion has poles at zero and one.
Special values of the Dirichlet beta function Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Hankel residue extraction gives , , and values at other nonpositive integers from the Taylor coefficients of .
Adjacency matrix of a directed graph Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The adjacency matrix of a finite directed graph has entry equal to the number of directed edges from vertex to vertex . The entry counts length- directed walks from to , so counts pointed closed directed walks of length .
Directed walk Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A directed walk is a sequence of vertices in which each consecutive pair is joined by a directed edge in the direction traversed.
Directed edge Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Comparison principle for convex variational integrals Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For suitable convex integral functionals, ordered boundary values of two minimizers imply the same ordering in the domain. Affine minimizers can therefore serve as upper and lower barriers.
Bounded slope condition Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-05
Boundary data satisfy the bounded slope condition with constant when every boundary point admits affine lower and upper supporting functions of Lipschitz constant at most . Comparison with these barriers gives a global Lipschitz bound for convex variational problems.
Dirac spinor Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A Dirac spinor transforms as , so it combines the two Weyl chiralities into a parity-invariant representation.
Weyl spinor Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
A left- or right-handed Weyl spinor transforms in the Lorentz representation or . Parity exchanges the two chiralities.
Dirac equation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Dirac delta scaling Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Distributional derivative of the Heaviside step function Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Reaction–diffusion system Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Nonlinear diffusion equation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-05
A nonlinear diffusion equation lets diffusivity depend on the evolving field; the porous-medium equation is a standard example.
Advection-diffusion equation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The constant-coefficient one-dimensional advection-diffusion equation isTranslation to coordinates moving at speed reduces it to the heat equation.
Heat equation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
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