Erdős Problem #967 on Dirichlet Series: A Dynamical Systems Reformulation
Let 1 < a1 < a2 < · · · be integers with ( sum_{k=1}^infty a_k^{-1}<infty ), and set ( F(s)=1+sum_{k=1}^infty a_k^{-s}, qquad Re s>1. ) A question of Erdős and Ingham, recorded as Erdős Problem #967 in a compilation by T. F. Bloom (accessed 2025–12–01), asks whether one always has ( F(1+it)neq 0 ) for all real t. This paper does not resolve the problem; instead, it develops a modern dynamical-systems framework for its study. Using the […]