Assume first the Riemann hypothesis. Replace any by ; then and . Take in part a. Every nontrivial zero has real part , and the Riemann–von Mangoldt formula implies
Consequently
while both truncation errors in part a are . Thus
which implies the stated estimate.
Conversely, suppose that estimate holds for every . For , partial summation gives
Given any with , choose . The error hypothesis makes the last integral locally uniformly convergent there, so it supplies a holomorphic continuation of
to the half-plane . A zero of in that half-plane would create a pole of its logarithmic derivative, so none exists. The Functional equation of the Riemann zeta function reflects every nontrivial zero with real part below to one above . All nontrivial zeros must therefore lie on the critical line, proving the Riemann hypothesis equivalence for the second Chebyshev function.