Some Riemann Hypotheses from random walks over primes

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate how various Riemann Hypotheses would follow only from properties of the prime numbers. To this end, we consider two classes of [Formula: see text]-functions, namely, non-principal Dirichlet and those based on cusp forms. The simplest example of the latter is based on the Ramanujan tau arithmetic function. For both classes, we prove that if a particular trigonometric series involving sums of multiplicative characters over primes is [Formula: see text], then the Euler product converges in the right half of the critical strip. When this result is combined with the functional equation, the non-trivial zeros are constrained to lie on the critical line. We argue that this [Formula: see text] growth is a consequence of the series behaving like a one-dimensional random walk. Based on these results, we obtain an equation which relates every individual non-trivial zero of the [Formula: see text]-function to a sum involving all the primes. Finally, we briefly mention important differences for principal Dirichlet [Formula: see text]-functions due to the existence of the pole at [Formula: see text], in which the Riemann [Formula: see text]-function is a particular case.