The conjecture on monotonicity of the zeta-function expression F(s)F(s)

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Let ζ(s)\zeta(s) denote the Riemann zeta function, and define

F(s)=2(s+1)(2s+2−1)ζ(s+2)−2π2(2s−1)ζ(s),1<s<∞.F(s)=2(s+1)(2^{s+2}-1)\zeta(s+2)-2\pi^2(2^s-1)\zeta(s),\qquad 1<s<\infty.

Monotonicity conjecture. The function F(s)F(s) is strictly increasing on (1,∞)(1,\infty). In particular, s=2s=2 is the unique zero of F(s)F(s).

The conjecture is motivated by the dependence on qq of h∞”(1/2)h_\infty”(1/2) and would remove the extra quantities N(q)N(q) from the preceding convexity proposition if established.

References

Primary source

Xianghong Chen and Hans Volkmer, “On transfer operators on the circle with trigonometric weights”, arXiv:1610.07658 (2016).

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