Lectures On Mean Values Of The Riemann Zeta Function

Lectures on Mean Values of the Riemann Zeta Function

This is an advanced text on the Riemann zeta-function, a continuation of theauthor's earlier book. It presents the most recent results on mean values, many of which had not yet appeared in print at the time of the writing of the text. An especially detailed discussion is given of the second and the fourth moment, and the latter is studied by the use of spectral theory, one of the most powerful methods used lately in analytic number theory. The book presupposes a reasonable knowledge of zeta-function theory and complex analysis. It will be of great use to the researchers in the field, an to all those who wish to get well acquainted with the subject or who have the need for application of zeta-function theory.

Lectures on Mean Values of the Riemann Zeta Function

Spectral Theory of the Riemann Zeta-Function

The Riemann zeta function is one of the most studied objects in mathematics, and is of fundamental importance. In this book, based on his own research, Professor Motohashi shows that the function is closely bound with automorphic forms and that many results from there can be woven with techniques and ideas from analytic number theory to yield new insights into, and views of, the zeta function itself. The story starts with an elementary but unabridged treatment of the spectral resolution of the non-Euclidean Laplacian and the trace formulas. This is achieved by the use of standard tools from analysis rather than any heavy machinery, forging a substantial aid for beginners in spectral theory as well. These ideas are then utilized to unveil an image of the zeta-function, first perceived by the author, revealing it to be the main gem of a necklace composed of all automorphic L-functions. In this book, readers will find a detailed account of one of the most fascinating stories in the development of number theory, namely the fusion of two main fields in mathematics that were previously studied separately.