An extension to the complex plane of the Riemann-Siegel Z function

Abstract

The usual Riemann-Siegel Z(t) is a real-valued function. We construct a complex function depending from t and from distance from critical line. It is linked to Riemann Xi(s) function by the same real scaling factor of the usual Riemann-Siegel Z(t) on critical line. Errors are not greater than the errors of Riemann-Siegel Z(t) on the critical line, while this result covers at least the whole critical strip.