I'd like to check directly the convergence of Dirichlet's Eta Function, also known as the Alternating Zeta Function or even Alternating Euler's Zeta Function:
∞∑n=11ns,s=σ+it,σ,t∈R,σ>0.
Now, there seems to be a complete ausence of any direct proof of this in the web (at least I didn't find it) that doesn't use the theory of general Dirichlet Series and things like that.
I was thinking of the following direct, more elementary approach:
nit=eitlogn:=cos(tlogn)+isin(tlogn)
and then we can write
1ns=1nσnit=cos(tlogn)−isin(tlogn)nσ
and since a complex sequence converges iff its real and imaginary parts converge, we're left with the real series
∞∑n=1cos(tlogn)nσ,∞∑n=1sin(tlogn)nσ
Now, I think it is enough to prove only one of the above two series' convergence, since for example sin(tlogn)=cos(π2−tlogn)
...and here I am stuck. It seems obvious both series are alternating but not necessarily
elementwise.
For example, if t=1 , then coslogn>0,forn=1,2,3,4 , and then coslogn<0,forn=5,6,…,23 . This behaviour confuses me, and any help will be much appreciated.
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