Riemann -function
The Riemann theta function is a number-theoretic functionwhich is only really used inthe derivation of the functional equation for the Riemann xi function.
The Riemann theta function is defined as:
where is the Riemann omega function.
The domain (http://planetmath.org/Function) of the Riemann theta function is .
To give an explicit form for the theta function, note that
and so
Thus we have
Riemann showed that the theta function satisfied a functional equation,which was the key stepin the proof of the analytic continuation for the Riemann xi function.This has direct consequences for the Riemann zeta function.