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§25.9 Asymptotic Approximations

If x\geq 1, y\geq 1, 2\pi xy=t, and 0\leq\sigma\leq 1, then as t\to\infty with \sigma fixed,

25.9.1 \zeta\left(\sigma+it\right)=\sum_{1\leq n\leq x}\frac{1}{n^{s}}+\chi(s)\sum_{1%
\leq n\leq y}\frac{1}{n^{1-s}}+O\left(x^{-\sigma}\right)+O\left(y^{\sigma-1}t^%
{\frac{1}{2}-\sigma}\right),

where s=\sigma+it and

25.9.2 \chi(s)\equiv\pi^{s-\frac{1}{2}}\Gamma\left(\tfrac{1}{2}-\tfrac{1}{2}s\right)/%
\Gamma\left(\tfrac{1}{2}s\right).

If \sigma=\frac{1}{2}, x=y=\sqrt{t/(2\pi)}, and m=\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor, then (25.9.1) becomes

25.9.3 \zeta\left(\tfrac{1}{2}+it\right)=\sum_{n=1}^{m}\frac{1}{n^{\frac{1}{2}+it}}+%
\chi\left(\tfrac{1}{2}+it\right)\sum_{n=1}^{m}\frac{1}{n^{\frac{1}{2}-it}}+O%
\left(t^{-1/4}\right).

For other asymptotic approximations see Berry and Keating (1992), Paris and Cang (1997); see also Paris and Kaminski (2001, pp. 380–389).