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Visualizing location of zeros of Riemann zeta function along critical line

This was suggested by the video created by Alex Kontorovich that accompanies his article " How I loved to Love and Fear the Riemann Hypothesis," Quanta Magazine, January 4, 2021.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-i-learned-to-love-and-fear-the-riemann-hypothesis-20210104

It is a much simpler version of the reproduction of that video made by Clayton Shonkwiler in this community post

https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/2154374

which I had not seen before posting this. First, a cover function for

ParametricPlot[ReIm[f], ...]

to provide an obviously missing object from the current, limited, supply of built-in functions for visualization of complex functions.

ComplexParametricPlot[f_, {u_, umin_, umax_}, 
  opts : OptionsPattern[]] := 
 ParametricPlot[ReIm[f], {u, umin, umax}, 
  Evaluate@FilterRules[{opts}, Options[ParametricPlot]]]

Now we move complex variable z = 1/2+t I along the critical line of the Riemann zeta functions, tracing out a curve in the complex plane, Each time the curve passes through the origin we have reached another zero of the zeta function.

Manipulate[
 ComplexParametricPlot[Zeta[1/2 + s I], {s, 0, t}, 
  PlotRange -> {{-2, 5}, {-3, 3}}, PerformanceGoal -> "Quality"],
 {{t, 1, "t"}, 0.99, 101, Appearance -> "Labeled"}]

Here's a snapshot:

Trace of zeta(1/2+t I) as t varies

(I thank Mark Normand for pointing me to the Quanta Magazine article suggesting this kind of visualization. It's possible this is a standard kind of visualization of location of zeros, but I had not run into it before.)

POSTED BY: Murray Eisenberg
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Posted 4 years ago

This is a pretty standard visualization. I also tried various curvature calculations at the zeros of the zeta function but never really got anywhere. Even Mathematica 2.0 was well set up to handle this.

POSTED BY: Dave Himes
POSTED BY: Murray Eisenberg
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