For , the absolutely convergent logarithm of the Euler product for the Riemann zeta function is
The elementary identity therefore gives
Thus the expression inside the logarithm is at least one. The Meromorphic continuation of the Riemann zeta function to the right half-plane has only a simple pole at one, of residue one. It follows, for example, from
whose integral is holomorphic there.
Suppose and has a zero of order at . As , the real factor is , the middle factor is , and the factor at is bounded. Their product would tend to zero, contradicting its lower bound one. Hence
At there is a pole, not a zero; the statement about the line does not assert a finite value for . This proves the three-four-one product proof of zeta boundary nonvanishing.
To relate the Second Chebyshev function to the logarithmic derivative, differentiate the Euler product in its half-plane of absolute convergence:
Since , its first integral of the Chebyshev function is
For any fixed , its Mellin inversion formula is
For justification, the elementary contour kernel is for and zero for . Close left or right and take the residues at zero and minus one; at the continuous value is zero. Absolute convergence on allows termwise integration of the Dirichlet series, and multiplying this kernel by gives .
Here is how the relation yields the asymptotic. Move the contour to the left, using the functional equation of the Riemann zeta function to control the left-hand side. The residue at is , and a Nontrivial zero of the Riemann zeta function contributes , multiplied by its multiplicity. The kernel poles at zero and minus one contribute and ; a trivial zero of the Riemann zeta function contributes . Thus the smoothed explicit formula for the Chebyshev function is
For the contour argument, use heights avoiding the zero ordinates and then let those heights increase. The local zero bound from the Riemann–von Mangoldt formula, together with the Local partial-fraction expansion of the Riemann zeta logarithmic derivative, permits heights with logarithmic-derivative bound in each fixed vertical strip. The horizontal integrals then vanish because the denominator is of size . After that, send the left edge through negative odd integers to minus infinity; the functional equation of the Riemann zeta function bounds the logarithmic derivative there by a logarithm, and makes the left integral vanish for fixed . This explains why this smoothing allows a convergent contour calculation without a quantitative zero-free region.
In fact the Riemann–von Mangoldt formula, stated in the next solution, gives and hence
The Nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function satisfy , using the Euler product, the functional equation of the Riemann zeta function, and the nonvanishing just proved. For each such zero, as , whereas for . The dominated convergence theorem therefore makes the absolutely convergent zero sum, divided by , tend to zero. All the other displayed terms are . We obtain
It remains to unsmooth; differentiating an asymptotic without justification would not suffice. Monotonicity of gives, for fixed ,
Divide by and use the integral asymptotic. The lower and upper limits lie between and . Letting proves . Higher prime powers contribute , as in the first solution, so . Finally partial summation gives
The integral is , by and splitting at . Hence
which is the Prime number theorem.
For , the three-four-one zero-free-region argument starts from
Applying this termwise to
gives
Suppose is a zero with . In the supplied Local partial-fraction expansion of the Riemann zeta logarithmic derivative, every nearby zero contributes a nonnegative real part at when . Keeping the term from gives
At height zero the pole at one gives
and the same local expansion at height gives
Substitution yields
Set , first choosing a sufficiently small absolute . If , the left side is at least . Choosing sufficiently small contradicts the last inequality. Therefore
For , put . Its absolutely convergent Dirichlet series and
give the three-four-one zero-free-region argument
The pole of at one gives
Suppose is a zero with and close to one. Apply the supplied Local partial-fraction expansion of the Riemann zeta logarithmic derivative at . Every term has positive real part, so retaining the term belonging to gives
At the same expansion gives merely . The zero is included in the supplied disk whenever and are sufficiently small. Hence
Set and , where is a sufficiently small fixed constant. If were smaller than a sufficiently small constant , division by would give
a contradiction. Conjugation handles negative . Reducing to absorb the bounded range proves the classical zero-free region of the Riemann zeta function