Functional equations for regularized zeta-functions and diffusion processes

Abstract

We discuss modifications in the integral representation of the Riemann zeta-function that lead to generalizations of the Riemann functional equation that preserves the symmetry s → (1 − s) in the critical strip. By modifying one integral representation of the zeta-function with a cut-off that does exhibit the symmetry x ↦ 1/x, we obtain a generalized functional equation involving Bessel functions of second kind. Next, with another cut-off that does exhibit the same symmetry, we obtain a generalization for the functional equation involving only one Bessel function of second kind. Some connection between one regularized zeta-function and the Laplace transform of the heat kernel for the Euclidean and hyperbolic space is discussed.