The completed zeta function satisfies and has poles at zero and one. It is also sometimes denoted ; this differs from the entire xi function obtained by multiplying by . The distinction matters in the constant term of a nonholomorphic Eisenstein series.
The constant Fourier coefficient is . The terms give . For fixed , unfolding the sum over gives
Indeed, the substitution introduces a factor , while the translated intervals of length cover the real line exactly times, cancelling that factor. Now scale . The beta function integral yields
which can be checked by inserting and evaluating the inner Gaussian integral. Thus the fixed- contribution is . Summing over positive and negative proves the constant term of a nonholomorphic Eisenstein series
With the printed normalization of the completed Riemann zeta function, this is exactly
Both the unfolding and the original series calculation are justified for . Beyond this region the identities are understood meromorphically: is the Epstein zeta function of the unit-covolume lattice , so question 4 supplies its continuation. The symbol here has the completed-zeta normalization displayed above, which has poles at zero and one; it does not include the extra polynomial factor sometimes used to define an entire xi function.