Definition:Dirichlet Series
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Definition
A Dirichlet series is function $f:\C \to \C$ defined by a series:
- $\displaystyle f(s) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty { a_n n^{-s} }$
where $s\in \C$ and $a_n: \N \to \C$ is an arithmetic function.
It is a historical convention that the variable $s$ is written $s=\sigma + it$ with $\sigma,t\in \R$.
Examples
- The Riemann zeta function is the Dirichlet series with $a_n = 1$ for all $n$.
Source of Name
This entry was named for Johann Lejeune Dirichlet.
