Riemann's Zeta function

Calculus Level 2

α s ζ ( s ) = 1 2 s + 1 4 s + 1 6 s + \alpha^s \zeta(s) = \frac 1{2^s} + \frac 1{4^s} + \frac 1{6^s} + \cdots

What is α \alpha ?

Notation: ζ ( ) \zeta(\cdot) denotes the Riemann zeta function.


The answer is 0.5.

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2 solutions

We know that ζ ( s ) = i = 1 1 i s \zeta(s)=\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{i^s} .

So 1 2 s + 1 4 s + 1 6 s + . . . = 1 2 s i = 1 1 i s = 1 2 s ζ ( s ) \frac{1}{2^s}+\frac{1}{4^s}+\frac{1}{6^s}+...=\frac{1}{2^s} \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{i^s}=\frac{1}{2^s}\zeta(s) .

So α = 1 2 = 0.5 α=\frac{1}{2}=\boxed {0.5} .

Common out 1/2^s from series,we will directly get our solution....and i suggest it should be in algebra not calculus

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