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For $\mathrm{Re}s>1$, expand $(e^t-1{)}^{-1}={\sum }_{n\ge 1}{e}^{-nt}$. Absolute integrability, bounded near zero by a constant times $t^{\mathrm{Re}s-2}$, permits termwise integration. The Gamma function integral then givesSpecify the Hankel contour to run from the negative real axis below the cut towards zero, circle zero counterclockwise with fixed radius $0<r<2\pi$, and return above the cut. Take $-\pi <\arg t<\pi$. The circle excludes every nonzero pole $2\pi i\mathbb{Z}$ of the denominator. For $\mathrm{Re}s>1$ its radius can shrink to zero, and the lower and upper rays give respectively $-e^{-i\pi s}\Gamma (s){\zeta }_R(s)$ and $e^{i\pi s}\Gamma (s){\zeta }_R(s)$. By the Gamma reflection formula,away from integer $s$ in that half-plane, with limiting equality at the removable points.

With the circle radius kept fixed, the contour integral is an entire function of $s$: the rays decay exponentially and converge locally uniformly, and the circular part stays away from zero. Multiplication by $\Gamma (1-s)$ is analytic for $\mathrm{Re}s<1$ and meromorphic globally. The apparent singularities at positive integers $s\ge 2$ are removable because the integral vanishes there and it already agrees with the original analytic zeta function nearby. Only $s=1$ remains a simple pole. Thus this constructs the meromorphic continuation to the whole plane and an analytic continuation on $\mathbb{C}\setminus \{1\}$. Keeping the circular segment is essential when the integral is not locally integrable at zero.

At $s=-1$ the two rays cancel, since $t^{-2}$ is single-valued. The Laurent expansionshows that the residue of $t^{-2}/(e^{-t}-1)$ is $-1/12$. Since $\Gamma (2)=1$, the residue theorem gives

For $\mathrm{Re}z>0$, the defining Gamma integral converges at zero and at infinity and defines a holomorphic function. The Gamma function recurrence then supplies its meromorphic continuation to the rest of the complex plane, as used below.

Iterating the Gamma function recurrence gives a meromorphic continuationNear $z=-m$, the numerator is analytic and tends to $\Gamma (1)=1$. Exactly one denominator factor, $z+m$, vanishes, while all other factors tend to the nonzero product $(-1{)}^{m}m!$. ThereforeThus $\boxed{z=0,-1,-2,\dots \text{ are all simple poles}}$. More precisely, the Gamma function residue at a nonpositive integer is $\boxed{{\mathrm{Res}}_{z=-m}\Gamma (z)=(-1{)}^m/m!}$. Taking $m$ large enough to put $z+m+1$ in the original right half-plane also shows that this continuation introduces no other finite poles.

A commutator contour around two branch points cancels the total monodromy of its integrand. For the contour circling $1,0$ clockwise and then $1,0$ anticlockwise, with initial positive-real branches, the Beta function obeysThe contour integral is entire in $z$, giving a meromorphic continuation of the Beta function.

For a nonnegative elliptic operator $L$ on a closed manifold, sum its positive eigenvalues with multiplicity. The defining series converges in a right half-plane. If $n_0=\dim \ker L$ and $K(t)=\mathrm{Tr}(e^{-tL})$ is the heat trace, thenSubtracting finitely many terms of the short-time heat kernel expansion gives a meromorphic continuation. Zero eigenvalues must be excluded: assigning them a nonexistent inverse power does not define the spectral zeta function.