Computations of the Riemann zeta function

These pages sorted by the size of $t$

These pages sorted by the size of $Z(t)$

These pages sorted by the size of $S(t)$

Here are some pictures of and information about $Z(t)$ and $S(t)$ for some large values of $t$. The $Z$ function is the zeta function on the critical line, rotated so that it is real, so \[ Z(t) = e^{i Arg(\zeta(1/2 + it)} \zeta(1/2 + it) \] $S(t)$ is the argument of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$, properly interpreted. In some way, it measures irregularity in the distribution of the zeros of the zeta function.

These are from computations run by Ghaith Hiary and myself, based on the algorithm described in Ghaith's paper (also available at the arXiv). These computations have been run on a variety of machines. Initially, we used machines on the Sage cluster at the University of Washington (thanks to William Stein and the NSF), then later the riemann cluster at University of Waterloo (thanks to Mike Rubinstein). Currently, computations are being run at the University of Bristol on the LMFDB machines (funded by EPSRC) and on BlueCrystal.

If your web browser window is big enough, in the top right of each section below you will see a plot of Z(t), in the bottom left you will see S(t), and in the bottom right you will see a zoomed in plot of Z(t). Things are sized roughly so that this looks good on my 1080p monitor.

The images are all links that will take you to a zoomable version of the plot.

You can click on any image for a bigger version. Also, you can look at a list of all of the images: Z(t) or S(t).

See also:

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$\zeta(1/2 + it)$ around $t = 31347787742229096277432756610015 \approx 3.13477877422 \times 10^{ 31 }$

Largest value of $Z(t)$ in this graph:8076.238593

Value of $t$ for which the maximum occurs:31347787742229096277432756610035.14299609

Value of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$:$7678.805476 + 2502.314182i$

Maximum of $S(t)$ in this range:2.721575524

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$\zeta(1/2 + it)$ around $t = 24810931398446636379199989997454 \approx 2.48109313984 \times 10^{ 31 }$

Largest value of $Z(t)$ in this graph:8137.34897

Value of $t$ for which the maximum occurs:24810931398446636379199989997474.60347266

Value of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$:$7545.194594 + 3047.373755i$

Maximum of $S(t)$ in this range:-2.792163763

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$\zeta(1/2 + it)$ around $t = 21717854100558504037806835050258 \approx 2.17178541006 \times 10^{ 31 }$

Largest value of $Z(t)$ in this graph:-5455.903783

Value of $t$ for which the maximum occurs:21717854100558504037806835050260.081472656

Value of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$:$5426.020668 - 570.2506482i$

Maximum of $S(t)$ in this range:-2.634282156

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$\zeta(1/2 + it)$ around $t = 16846979183278761037318402004897 \approx 1.68469791833 \times 10^{ 31 }$

Largest value of $Z(t)$ in this graph:7183.450575

Value of $t$ for which the maximum occurs:16846979183278761037318402004917.09942578

Value of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$:$2614.894736 + 6690.611906i$

Maximum of $S(t)$ in this range:2.943639723

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$\zeta(1/2 + it)$ around $t = 16842706493124197991442891753786 \approx 1.68427064931 \times 10^{ 31 }$

Largest value of $Z(t)$ in this graph:-120.5823824

Value of $t$ for which the maximum occurs:16842706493124197991442891753807.13999609

Value of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$:$-22.27758474 - 118.5066249i$

Maximum of $S(t)$ in this range:2.029335594

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$\zeta(1/2 + it)$ around $t = 14963047608632064952545301782115 \approx 1.49630476086 \times 10^{ 31 }$

Largest value of $Z(t)$ in this graph:3527.426658

Value of $t$ for which the maximum occurs:14963047608632064952545301782135.45299609

Value of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$:$2853.497409 - 2073.714388i$

Maximum of $S(t)$ in this range:2.376010568

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$\zeta(1/2 + it)$ around $t = 14729693642446783835401277340543 \approx 1.47296936424 \times 10^{ 31 }$

Largest value of $Z(t)$ in this graph:-7713.032785

Value of $t$ for which the maximum occurs:14729693642446783835401277340563.86799609

Value of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$:$6623.452734 - 3952.309279i$

Maximum of $S(t)$ in this range:-2.798033389

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$\zeta(1/2 + it)$ around $t = 13036589919442157190082573984513 \approx 1.30365899194 \times 10^{ 31 }$

Largest value of $Z(t)$ in this graph:6175.066008

Value of $t$ for which the maximum occurs:13036589919442157190082573984533.98030078

Value of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$:$1152.530548 - 6066.556976i$

Maximum of $S(t)$ in this range:2.871716171

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$\zeta(1/2 + it)$ around $t = 13018604908923222386363079300912 \approx 1.30186049089 \times 10^{ 31 }$

Largest value of $Z(t)$ in this graph:-8776.261814

Value of $t$ for which the maximum occurs:13018604908923222386363079300932.93299609

Value of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$:$7256.348641 - 4936.413254i$

Maximum of $S(t)$ in this range:3.015354651

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$\zeta(1/2 + it)$ around $t = 9832284408046499500622869540111 \approx 9.83228440805 \times 10^{ 30 }$

Largest value of $Z(t)$ in this graph:-10137.11421

Value of $t$ for which the maximum occurs:9832284408046499500622869540131.74599609

Value of $\zeta(1/2 + it)$:$10097.50605 - 895.2407846i$

Maximum of $S(t)$ in this range:-2.881891872

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