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Hardy–Littlewood zeta function conjectures

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In 1914, Godfrey Harold Hardy proved that the Riemann zeta function ζ(12+it) has infinitely many real zeros.

Let N(T) be the total number of real zeros, N0(T) be the total number of zeros of odd order of the function ζ(12+it), lying on the interval (0,T].

Hardy and Littlewood claimed two conjectures. These conjectures – on the distance between real zeros of ζ(12+it) and on the density of zeros of ζ(12+it) on intervals (T,T+H] for sufficiently great T>0, H=Ta+ε and with as less as possible value of a>0, where ε>0 is an arbitrarily small number – open two new directions in the investigation of the Riemann zeta function.

1. For any ε>0 there exists such T0=T0(ε)>0 that for T≥T0 and H=T0.25+ε the interval (T,T+H] contains a zero of odd order of the function ζ(12+it).

2. For any ε>0 there exist T0=T0(ε)>0 and c=c(ε)>0, such that for T≥T0 and H=T0.5+ε the inequality N0(T+H)−N0(T)≥cH is true.

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