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${\frac {1} {n^s}} = {\frac {1} {\Gamma(s)}} \int_0^\infty x^{s-1} {\mathrm e}^{-nx}\,{\mathrm d}x $ | ${\frac {1} {n^s}} = {\frac {1} {\Gamma(s)}} \int_0^\infty x^{s-1} {\mathrm e}^{-nx}\,{\mathrm d}x $ | ||
- | and then, recognizing the geometric series | + | and thus |
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+ | $\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^s} = \frac{1} { \Gamma(s) } \sum_{n=1}^\infty \int_0^\infty x^{s-1} {\mathrm e}^{-nx}\,{\mathrm d}x $ | ||
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+ | Now consider the geometric series | ||
$\sum_{n=1}^\infty ({\mathrm e}^{-x})^n = \frac{1} { {\mathrm e}^{-x}-1} = \frac{1} {x} - \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{12}x+O(x^2)$ | $\sum_{n=1}^\infty ({\mathrm e}^{-x})^n = \frac{1} { {\mathrm e}^{-x}-1} = \frac{1} {x} - \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{12}x+O(x^2)$ | ||
- | give you | + | The above sum over the integral is convergent for $s>1$, while the expression |
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+ | $\frac{1} { \Gamma(s) } \int_0^\infty \frac{x^{s-1}} { {\mathrm e}^x-1} \, {\mathrm d}x $ | ||
- | $\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^s} = \frac{1} { \Gamma(s) } \int_0^\infty \frac{x^{s-1}} { {\mathrm e}^x-1} \, {\mathrm d}x $ | + | works for all complex $s\ne 1$. We thus found the analytical continuation. |
- | He takes the integral into the complex plane, where the $ \frac{1} { {\mathrm e}^x-1}$ diverges periodically in steps of $2\pi\,i$. | + | The integrand $ \frac{1} { {\mathrm e}^x-1}$ diverges periodically in steps of $2\pi\,i$. |
He discovers that the function obeys a reflection formula | He discovers that the function obeys a reflection formula | ||