Conjecture about Dirichlet series.

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This discussion centers on the conjecture regarding Dirichlet series and their regularization through Ramanujan resummation. The author proposes that for a Dirichlet series converging for Re(s) > a, a regularized sum can be expressed as \(\sum_{n > 1} a_n n^{-s} - C(s-a)^{b}\), where C, a, and b are real numbers. The discussion emphasizes that the integral representation characteristic of Ramanujan resummation must hold universally for numerical series, raising the question of whether this integral can always be evaluated in the proposed form.

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Hi, i hope it is not a crack theory

i had the idea when reading Ramanujan resummation, i believe that for a Dirichlet series which converges for Re (s) > a , with a a positive real number then we can obtain a regularized sum of the divergent series in the form:

[tex]\sum_{n >1}a_{n}n^{-s}- C(s-a)^{b}[/tex]

with C, a and b real numbers , in case a_n are all 1 we recover the result

[tex]\sum_{n >1}n^{-s}- (s-1)^{-1}[/tex]

however i believe that 'Ramanujan resummation of series' given by

[tex]\sum_{n >1}a_{n}n^{-s}-\int_{1}^{\infty}a(x)x^{-s}[/tex]

must be satisfied no matter what kind of numerical series is.
 
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I think you're saying that the tail integral which is characteristic of Ramanujan resummation can be put in the form c(s-a)^b always for a, b, c constants. However can it be shown that the integral will evaluate in the given form always?
 

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