Mellin transforms with only critical zeros: Chebyshev and Gegenbauer functions

2013/06/22 by Mark W. Coffey, Coffey, Mark W., Matthew C. Lettington +1
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1306.5281

34 pages, no figures, proofs of Propositions 2 and 5 expanded

arxiv created 2013/08/30 · arxiv updated 2013/09/02

Abstract

We consider the Mellin transforms of certain Chebyshev functions based upon the Chebyshev polynomials. We show that the transforms have polynomial factors whose zeros lie all on the critical line or on the real line. The polynomials with zeros only on the critical line are identified in terms of certain ₃F₂(1) hypergeometric functions. Furthermore, we extend this result to a 1-parameter family of polynomials with zeros only on the critical line. These polynomials possess the functional equation p_n(s;β)=(-1)^{\lfloor n/2 \rfloor} p_n(1-s;β). We then present the generalization to the Mellin transform of certain Gegenbauer functions. The results should be of interest to special function theory, combinatorics, and analytic number theory.

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