 Mellin transform of the modular discriminant (source code)

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= Mellin transform of the modular discriminant

For every real $s$, the rapidly convergent integral
$$
\int_0^\infty\Delta(it)t^{s-1}\,dt
$$
is the analytic continuation of $(2\pi)^{-s}\Gamma(s)L(\Delta,s)$. The product for $\Delta$ makes the integrand positive, so $L(\Delta,s)>0$ for real $s>0$.

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