Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 150 2 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Let and choosewith fixed positive chosen so that the rectangle up to height lies inside the Zero-free region of the Riemann zeta function. Move the Perron contour from to . The only singularity crossed is the simple pole at of , whose residue contributes .
The standard bound in this zero-free rectangle givesThe two horizontal sides are , and the truncation error from part a is . Polynomial factors in can be absorbed by slightly reducing the exponential constant. Thus some satisfiesThis is the Prime number theorem with classical zero-free-region error.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 150 3 d Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
For , the Dirichlet series multiplication rule and giveApply an effective Perron formula on the line and truncate atThe bound from part (c) controls the truncation error.
Use the classical Zero-free region of the Riemann zeta functiontogether with there. Contour shifting moves the Perron contour to . The only crossed singularity is the double pole at , whose residue is by part (b). On the new contour,and the logarithmic-derivative bounds contribute only powers of , which can be absorbed by reducing the positive constant in the exponential. The horizontal integrals and Perron truncation error are as well. Therefore, for some ,