A harmonic sum over nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function

Richard P. Brent, David J. Platt, Timothy S. Trudgian

Published 2020-09-11Version 1

We consider the sum $\sum 1/\gamma$, where $\gamma$ ranges over the ordinates of nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function in an interval $(0,T]$, and consider the behaviour of the sum as $T \to\infty$. We show that, after subtracting a smooth approximation $\frac{1}{4\pi} \log^2(T/2\pi),$ the sum tends to a limit $H \approx -0.0171594$ which can be expressed as an integral. We calculate $H$ to high accuracy, using a method which has error $O((\log T)/T^2)$. Our results improve on earlier results by Hassani and other authors.