We use the asymptotic large sieve, developed by the authors, to prove that if the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis is true, then there exist many Dirichlet L-functions that have a pair of consecutive zeros closer together than 0.37 times their average spacing. More generally, we investigate zero spacings within the family of twists by Dirichlet characters of a fixed L-function and give precise bounds for small gaps which depend only on the degree of the L-function.
For $f$ a cuspidal modular form for the group $Γ_0(N)$ of integral or half-integral weight, $N$ a multiple of $4$ in case the weight is half-integral, we study the zeros of the $L$-function attached to $f$ twisted by an additive character $e^{2πi n \frac{p}{q}}$ with $\frac{p}{q}\in \mathbb{Q}$. We prove that for certain $f$ and $\frac{p}{q}\in \mathbb{Q}$, the additively twisted $L$-function has infinitely many zeros on the critical line. We develop a variant of the Hardy-Littlewood method which uses distributions to prove the result.
In this work, we obtain an asymptotic formula for the twisted mean square of a Dirichlet $L$-function with a longer mollifier, whose coefficients are also more general than before. As an application we obtain that, for every Dirichlet $L$-function, more than 41.72\% of zeros are on the critical line and more than 40.74\% of zeros are simple and on the critical line. These proportions also improve previous results which were proved only for the Riemann zeta-function.
Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis we show that there exist infinitely many consecutive zeros of the Riemann zeta-function whose gaps are greater than 2.9 times the average spacing.
We study the value-distribution of Dirichlet polynomials on the critical line $\Re(s)=\tfrac{1}{2}$. As a consequence, we prove a corollary on small consecutive gaps between zeros of the Riemann zeta function. We also examine the distribution of zeros under the so-called alternative hypothesis and present a new approach to the problem of gaps between the zeros.
We prove that there exist infinitely many consecutive zeros of the Riemann zeta-function on the critical line whose gaps are greater than $3.18$ times the average spacing. Using a modification of our method, we also show that there are even larger gaps between the multiple zeros of the zeta function on the critical line (if such zeros exist).
Assuming the Riemann hypothesis, we investigate the distribution of gaps between the zeros of ξ'(s). We prove that a positive proportion of gaps are less than 0.796 times the average spacing and, in the other direction, a positive proportion of gaps are greater than 1.18 times the average spacing. We also exhibit the existence of infinitely many normalized gaps smaller (larger) than 0.7203 (1.5, respectively).
Combining the mollifiers, we exhibit other choices of coefficients that improve the results on large gaps between the zeros of the Riemann zeta-function. Precisely, assuming the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis (GRH), we show that there exist infinitely many consecutive gaps greater than 3.033 times the average spacing.
This text shows the existence of large (3.54 times the average) gaps between consecutive zeros, on the critical line, of some Dirichlet $L$-functions $L(s,χ),$ with $χ$ being an even primitive Dirichlet character.
Assuming the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis(GRH), we show that infinitely often consecutive non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function differ by at least 3.072 times the average spacing.
We show assuming RH that phenomena concerning pairs of zeros established $via$ pair correlations occur with positive density (with at most a slight adjustment of the constants). Also, while a double zero is commonly considered to be a close pair, we consider the difference between two $distinct$ zeros.
Let $K$ be a quadratic number field and $ζ_K(s)$ be the associated Dedekind zeta-function. We show that there are infinitely many normalized gaps between consecutive zeros of $ζ_K(s)$ on the critical line which are greater than $2.866$ times the average spacing.
Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, we show that infinitely often consecutive non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function differ by at least 2.7327 times the average spacing and infinitely often they differ by at most 0.5154 times the average spacing.
Small values of $|ζ(1/2+it)|$ are investigated, using the value distribution results of A. Selberg. This gives an asymptotic formula for $μ(\{0 < t \le T : |ζ(1/2+it)| \le c\})$. Some related problems involving values of $|ζ(1/2+it)|$ and gaps between the consecutive ordinates of zeros of $ζ(s)$ are also discussed.
We show that the generalized Riemann hypothesis implies that there are infinitely many consecutive zeros of the Riemann zeta function whose spacing is 2.9125 times larger than the average spacing. This is deduced from the calculation of the second moment of the Riemann zeta function multiplied by a Dirichlet polynomial averaged over the zeros of the zeta function.
We make explicit an argument of Heath-Brown concerning large and small gaps between nontrivial zeroes of the Riemann zeta-function, $ζ(s)$. In particular, we provide the first unconditional results on gaps (large and small) which hold for a positive proportion of zeroes. To do this we prove explicit bounds on the second and fourth power moments of $S(t+h)-S(t)$, where $S(t)$ denotes the argument of $ζ(s)$ on the critical line and $h \ll 1 / \log T$. We also use these moments to prove explicit results on the density of the nontrivial zeroes of $ζ(s)$ of a given multiplicity.
In this paper, first by employing inequalities derived from the Opial inequality due to David Boyd with best constant, we will establish new unconditional lower bounds for the gaps between the zeros of the Riemann zeta function. Second, on the hypothesis that the moments of the Hardy Z-function and its derivatives are correctly predicted, we establish some explicit formulae for the lower bounds of the gaps between the zeros and use them to establish some new conditional bounds. In particular it is proved that the consecutive nontrivial zeros often differ by at least 6.1392 (conditionally) time…
We propose two optimal representations for the elements of trace zero subgroups of twisted Edwards curves. For both representations, we provide efficient compression and decompression algorithms. The efficiency of the algorithm is compared with the efficiency of similar algorithms on elliptic curves in Weierstrass form.
Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, we show that infinitely often consecutive non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function differ by at most 0.5155 times the average spacing and infinitely often they differ by at least 2.69 times the average spacing.
In this note, we prove Selberg's announced result on $r$-gaps between zeros of the Riemann zeta-function $ζ$. Our proof uses a result on variations of $\argζ$ by Tsang based on Selberg's method. The same result with explicit constants under the Riemann Hypothesis has been obtained by Conrey and Turnage-Butterbaugh using a different method. We explain how to obtain explicit constants under the Riemann Hypothesis using our approach which is based on Selberg's and Tsang's arguments.
Feng and Wu introduced a new general coefficient sequence into Montgomery and Odlyzko's method for exhibiting irregularity in the gaps between consecutive zeros of $ζ(s)$ assuming the Riemann Hypothesis. They used a special case of their sequence to improve upon earlier results on the gaps. In this paper we consider an equivalent form of the general sequence of Feng and Wu, and introduce a somewhat less general sequence $\{a_n\}$ for which we write the Montgomery-Odlyzko expressions explicitly. As an application, we give the following slight improvement of Feng and Wu's result: infinitely ofte…
We show that for any sufficiently large $T,$ there exists a subinterval of $[T,2T]$ of length at least $2.766 \times \frac{2π}{\log{T}},$ in which the function $t \mapsto ζ(1/2 + it)$ has no zeros.
Assume the Riemann Hypothesis, and let $γ^+>γ>0$ be ordinates of two consecutive zeros of $ζ(s)$. It is shown that if $γ^+-γ< v/ \log γ$ with $v<c$ for some absolute positive constant $c$, then the box $$ \{s=σ+it: 1/2<σ<1/2+v^2/4\logγ, γ\le t\le γ^+\} $$ contains exactly one zero of $ζ'(s)$. In particular, this allows us to prove half of a conjecture of Radziwiłł in a stronger form. Some related results on zeros of $ζ(s)$ and $ζ'(s)$ are also obtained.
It is proved that Epstein's zeta-function $ζ_{Q}(s)$, related to a positive definite integral binary quadratic form, has a zero $1/2 + iγ$ with $ T \leq γ\leq T + T^{{3/7} +\varepsilon} $ for sufficiently large positive numbers $T$. This is an improvement of the result by M. Jutila and K. Srinivas (Bull. London Math. Soc. 37 (2005) 45--53).
Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, it is known that there are infinitely many consecutive pairs of zeros of the Riemann zeta-function within 0.515396 times the average spacing. This is obtained using the method of Montgomery and Odlyzko. We prove that this method can never find infinitely many pairs of consecutive zeros within 0.5042 times the average spacing.
Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, we improve on previous results by proving there are infinitely many zeros of the Riemann zeta-function whose differences are smaller than 0.50412 times the average spacing. To obtain this result, we generalize a set of weights that were developed by Xiaosheng Wu, who used them to find a positive proportion of large and small gaps between zeros of the Riemann zeta-function.
In this paper, we prove the lower bound of the unconditional large gap is 3.5555 which improves the obtained value 3.079 in the literature. Next, on the hypothesis that the moments of the Hardy Z-function and its derivatives are correctly predicted we establish a new explicit formula of the gaps and use it to establish some lower bounds for k=3,4,...,15. In particular it is proved that lower bound when k=15 is 9.6435 which means that the consecutive nontrivial zeros often differ by at least 9.6435 times the average spacing. The main results are proved by employed an integral inequality with a …
Suppose $E$ is an elliptic curve over $\mathbb{Q}$ of conductor $N$ with complex multiplication (CM) by $\mathbb{Q}(i)$, and $f_E$ is the corresponding cuspidal Hecke eigenform in $S^{\mathrm{new}}_2(Γ_0(N))$. Then $n$-th Fourier coefficient of $f_E$ is non-zero in the short interval $(X, X + cX^{\frac{1}{4}})$ for all $X \gg 0$ and for some $c > 0$. As a consequence, we produce infinitely many cuspidal CM eigenforms $f$ level $N>1$ and weight $k > 2$ for which $i_f(n) \ll n^{\frac{1}{4}}$ holds, for all $n \gg 0$.
Under the Riemann Hypothesis, we prove for any natural number $r$ there exist infinitely many large natural numbers $n$ such that $(γ_{n+r}-γ_n)/(2π/\log γ_n) > r + Θ\sqrt{r}$ and $(γ_{n+r}-γ_n)/(2π/\log γ_n) < r - \vartheta\sqrt{r}$ for explicit absolute positive constants $Θ$ and $\vartheta$, where $γ$ denotes an ordinate of a zero of the Riemann zeta-function on the critical line. Selberg published announcements of this result several times but did not include a proof. We also suggest a general framework which might lead to stronger statements concerning the vertical distribution of nontriv…
We show that if a modular cuspidal eigenform $f$ of weight $2k$ is $2$-adically close to an elliptic curve $E/\mathbb{Q}$, which has a cyclic rational $4$-isogeny, then $n$-th Fourier coefficient of $f$ is non-zero in the short interval $(X, X + cX^{\frac{1}{4}})$ for all $X \gg 0$ and for some $c > 0$. We use this fact to produce non-CM cuspidal eigenforms $f$ of level $N>1$ and weight $k > 2$ such that $i_f(n) \ll n^{\frac{1}{4}}$ for all $n \gg 0$.
Let $L(s,f)$ be an $L$-function associated to a primitive (holomorphic or Maass) cusp form $f$ on GL(2) over $\mathbb{Q}$. Combining mean-value estimates of Montgomery and Vaughan with a method of Ramachandra, we prove a formula for the mixed second moments of derivatives of $L(1/2+it,f)$ and, via a method of Hall, use it to show that there are infinitely many gaps between consecutive zeros of $L(s,f)$ along the critical line that are at least $\sqrt 3 = 1.732...$ times the average spacing. Using general pair correlation results due to Murty and Perelli in conjunction with a technique of Montg…
We settle a conjecture of Farmer and Ki in a stronger form. Roughly speaking we show that there is a positive proportion of small gaps between consecutive zeros of the zeta-function $ζ(s)$ if and only if there is a positive proportion of zeros of $ζ'(s)$ lying very closely to the half-line. Our work has applications to the Siegel zero problem. We provide a criterion for the non-existence of the Siegel zero, solely in terms of the distribution of the zeros of $ζ(s)$. Finally on the Riemann Hypothesis and the Pair Correlation Conjecture we obtain near optimal bounds for the number of zeros of $ζ…
It is commonly believed that the normalized gaps between consecutive ordinates $t_n$ of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function on the critical line can be arbitrarily large. In particular, drawing on analogies with random matrix theory, it has been conjectured that $$λ' ={ lim ~ sup} ~( t_{n+1} - t_n ) \frac{ \log( t_n /2 πe)}{2π}$$ equals $\infty$. In this article we provide arguments, although not a rigorous proof, that $λ'$ is finite. Conditional on the Riemann Hypothesis, we show that if there are no changes of branch between consecutive zeros then $λ' \leq 3$, otherwise $λ'$ is allowed to…
