{ "id": "1804.07936", "version": "v1", "published": "2018-04-21T10:27:58.000Z", "updated": "2018-04-21T10:27:58.000Z", "title": "The Lerch zeta function as a fractional derivative", "authors": [ "Arran Fernandez" ], "comment": "10 pages; peer-reviewed and accepted in Banach Center Publications as part of proceedings of Number Theory Week 2017", "categories": [ "math.CV", "math.CA", "math.NT" ], "abstract": "We derive and prove a new formulation of the Lerch zeta function as a fractional derivative of an elementary function. We demonstrate how this formulation interacts very naturally with basic known properties of Lerch zeta, and use the functional equation to obtain a second formulation in terms of fractional derivatives.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2018-04-21T10:27:58.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "11M35", "26A33" ], "keywords": [ "lerch zeta function", "fractional derivative", "second formulation", "elementary function", "functional equation" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 10, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }