Hughes–Keating–O'Connell conjecture for discrete moments of zeta'

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Let ζ(s)\zeta(s) be the Riemann zeta function, assume the Riemann Hypothesis, and let N(T)N(T) count its non-trivial zeros ρ=12+iγ\rho=\tfrac12+i\gamma with 0<γ≤T0<\gamma\leq T. Let G(z)G(z) be the Barnes GG-function, and let a(k)a(k) be the arithmetic factor defined by

a(k)=∏p prime⁡(1−1p)k2∑m=0∞(Γ(m+k)m! Γ(k))2p−m.a(k)=\prod_{p\ \operatorname{prime}}\left(1-\frac1p\right)^{k^2}\sum_{m=0}^{\infty}\left(\frac{\Gamma(m+k)}{m!\,\Gamma(k)}\right)^2p^{-m}.

Hughes–Keating–O'Connell conjecture. For any fixed kk with ℜ(k)>−3/2\Re(k)>-3/2,

1N(T)∑0<γ≤T∣ζ′(12+iγ)∣2k∼a(k)G2(k+2)G(2k+3)(log⁡T2π)k(k+2).\frac1{N(T)}\sum_{0<\gamma\leq T}\left|\zeta'\left(\tfrac12+i\gamma\right)\right|^{2k}\sim a(k)\frac{G^2(k+2)}{G(2k+3)}\left(\log\frac{T}{2\pi}\right)^{k(k+2)}.

This predicts discrete absolute moments of ζ′\zeta' using the corresponding characteristic-polynomial calculation, with the same arithmetic factor as in the continuous moment conjecture; 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).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2002–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1302.5032, arXiv:math/0207236.

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