The higher-moment conjecture for the Hurwitz zeta function

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Let k∈Nk\in\mathbb{N} and let 0<α⩽10<\alpha\leqslant 1 be irrational. Write ζ(s,α)\zeta(s,\alpha) for the Hurwitz zeta function and let dd denote the algebraic degree of an algebraic number α\alpha; for transcendental α\alpha, let μ(α)\mu(\alpha) denote its irrationality exponent. Higher-moment conjecture. If α\alpha is algebraic of degree d⩾kd\geqslant k, or if α\alpha is transcendental with μ(α)=2\mu(\alpha)=2, then

∫T2T∣ζ(12+it,α)∣2k dt∼k! T(log⁡T)k\int_T^{2T}|\zeta(\tfrac12+it,\alpha)|^{2k}\,dt\sim k!\,T(\log T)^k

as T→∞T\to\infty. This predicts the moments expected from diagonal contributions and, in particular, the moments of a complex Gaussian with variance log⁡T\log T. The source notes that the conjecture is known after averaging over the shift parameter in the case k=2k=2, while the unaveraged assertion remains open.

References

Primary source

Winston Heap and Anurag Sahay, “The fourth moment of the Hurwitz zeta function”, arXiv:2405.10888 (2024).

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