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Trace formula in noncommutative geometry and the zeros of the Riemann zeta function

Alain Connes

math.NTarXiv:math/9811068

Abstract

We give a spectral interpretation of the critical zeros of the Riemann zeta function as an absorption spectrum, while eventual noncritical zeros appear as resonances. We give a geometric interpretation of the explicit formulas of number theory as a trace formula on the noncommutative space of Adele classes. This reduces the Riemann hypothesis to the validity of the trace formula and eliminates the parameter δ of our previous approach.

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