Is this a route to the prime number theorem?

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I notice that the trick to define Dirichlet Eta Function can be repeated for each prime number, let p a prime, and then

[tex]\eta_p= (1 - p^{-s}) \zeta(s) - p^{-s} \zeta(s) = (1 - 2 p^s) \zeta(s)[/tex]

So each prime p defines a function [tex]\eta_p[/tex] that adds a family of zeros at [itex]s= (\log 2 + 2 n i \pi) / \log p[/itex]. Particularly, for p=2 it kills the only pole of zeta in s = 1.

Repeating the trick for each prime, we seem to obtain a function [tex]\eta_\infty(s)[/tex] having the same zeros that the Riemann zeta plus families of zeros of density 1/log p placed at the lines r=log(2)/log(p)

Or, if we don't like to crowd the critical strip, we can use only the left part of the eta, the [tex]\eta^F_p(s)= (1 - p^{-s}) \zeta(s)[/tex], and then for [tex]\eta^F_\infty(s)[/tex] we get all the families cummulated in the r=0 line.

But on other hand it can be argued that [tex]\eta^F_\infty(s)=1[/tex], as we have removed all the factors in Euler product. So there should be some relation between the n/log(p) zeros in the imaginary line and the other zeros in the Riemann function
 
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