A succinct proof of the Riemann hypothesis

Werner Raab

The Mellin transform

Z ∞
π
v(s) = = ts−1 w(t) dt
sin(πs)(1/2 − s)ζ(3/2 − s) 0

of the function
Z 1/2+i∞ ∞
X
1
w(t) = t−s v(s) ds = Ress=−k t−s v(s)
2πi 1/2−i∞ k=0

∞
X X∞ ∞
(−t)k (−t)k X µ(ν)
= =
(1/2 + k)ζ(3/2 + k) 1/2 + k ν=1 ν 3/2+k
k=0 k=0
∞
X ∞ ∞ ∞ µ ¶1/2+k
µ(ν) X (−t)k 2 X µ(ν) X (−1)k t
= = √
ν=1
ν
k=0
(1/2 + k)ν 1/2+k t ν=1 ν k=0 1 + 2k ν
with the Möbius values µ(ν) is holomorphic in the complex strip: 0 < <s < 1,
as Riemann conjectured, since
∞ r
2 X µ(ν) t
w(t) = √ arctan = O(1) when t → 0
t ν=1 ν ν

and r
∞
2 X µ(ν) ν
w(t) = − √ arctan = O(1/t) when t → ∞.
t ν=1 ν t
One has to observe that
r r
t ν π
arctan + arctan =
ν t 2

and that
∞
X µ(ν)
= 0.
ν=1
ν