Hughes–Pearce-Crump complex discrete moment conjecture for zeta'

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Let ζ(s)\zeta(s) be the Riemann zeta function, and assume the Riemann Hypothesis, so that its non-trivial zeros are ρ=12+iγ\rho=\tfrac12+i\gamma with γ\gamma real. For T>0T>0, let N(T)N(T) denote the number of such zeros with 0<γ≤T0<\gamma\leq T, with

N(T)=T2πlog⁡T2πe+O(log⁡T).N(T)=\frac{T}{2\pi}\log\frac{T}{2\pi e}+O(\log T).

Hughes–Pearce-Crump conjecture. For ℜ(k)>−3\Re(k)>-3,

1N(T)∑0<γ≤Tζ′(12+iγ)k∼1Γ(k+2)(log⁡T2π)k\frac{1}{N(T)}\sum_{0<\gamma\leq T}\zeta'\left(\tfrac12+i\gamma\right)^k\sim\frac{1}{\Gamma(k+2)}\left(\log\frac{T}{2\pi}\right)^k

as T→∞T\to\infty, where Γ(z)\Gamma(z) is the Gamma function. This conjecture predicts the complex discrete moments of the derivative of the zeta function from random-matrix and hybrid-model calculations; the source gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

Christopher Hughes and Andrew Pearce-Crump, “Complex moments of the derivative of the Riemann zeta function”, arXiv:2509.07788 (2025).

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