Zulip Chat Archive
Stream: PrimeNumberTheorem+
Topic: Decision to be made on (2 \pi i) factors
Alex Kontorovich (Feb 01 2024 at 15:33):
We're getting to the point where those factors are going to start appearing everywhere, since we're actually trying to evaluate residues. Any objections to rolling them into the definition of VerticalIntegral
, so they don't need to be explicated every time? Perhaps RectangleIntegral
should also have a in front, since we'll need to convert between the two regularly? Any suggestions, one way or another? (@Terence Tao)
Terence Tao (Feb 01 2024 at 16:01):
I don't think it will make too much difference, but if one were to put in the 2 pi i factor I would change the name slightly. One possibility is to make an abbrev
such as VerticalIntegral'
that is simply VerticalIntegral
divided by 2 pi i, then people can use whichever form of the integral they wish.
In the Wiener-Ikehara section the 2 pi factor is moved to the exponent in order to be compatible with the Matlhlib Fourier transform, but I think this isn't too hard to deal with. Again one could address this by defining a variant e'
of the character e
that doesn't have the 2 pi factor (i.e., and ) if desired, but I don't think this is going to be the main difficulty in the formalization of this section in any event.
Alex Kontorovich (Feb 01 2024 at 16:05):
Ok good idea, I'll keep both, so we have the flexibility to use either as convenient...
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