On the distribution of zeros of derivatives of the Riemann ξ-function

Abstract

AbstractFor the completed Riemann zeta function {\xi(s)}, it is known that the Riemann hypothesis for {\xi(s)} implies the Riemann hypothesis for {\xi^{(m)}(s)}, where m is any positive integer. In this paper, we investigate the distribution of the fractional parts of the sequence {(\alpha\gamma_{m})}, where α is any fixed non-zero real number and {\gamma_{m}} runs over the imaginary parts of the zeros of {\xi^{(m)}(s)}. We also obtain a zero density estimate and an explicit formula for the zeros of {\xi^{(m)}(s)}. In particular, all our results hold uniformly for {0\leq m\leq g(T)}, where the function {g(T)} tends to infinity with T and {g(T)=o(\log\log T)}.