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I want to know about the generating function of the Riemann zeta function which is related with the Laurent expansion at $z=0$.

$f(z) := \dfrac{d}{dz} \log(\sin\pi z)$

$f(z) = \dfrac{1}{z} -2\sum \zeta(2m+2)z^{2m+1}$

I want to know how to prove the above.

N. F. Taussig
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Assuming Euler's product for $\sin$:

$$\sin \pi z= \pi z \prod_{n=1}^\infty \left(1-\left(\frac zn\right)^2\right)$$

Take the log and you get:

$$\log\sin\pi z = \log \pi +\log z + \sum_{n} \log\left(1-\left(\frac zn\right)^2\right)$$

Taking the derivative termwise, we get:

$$\begin{align} f(z)&=\frac{1}{z} + \sum_{n=1}^\infty \left(\frac{-2z}{n^2}\right)\frac{1}{1-\left(\frac zn\right)^2}\\ &=\frac{1}{z}-2\sum_{n=1}^\infty\sum_{m=0}^\infty \frac{z^{2m+1}}{n^{2m+2}}\\ &=\frac{1}{z} -2\sum_{m=0}^\infty z^{2m+1}\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^{2m+2}}\\ &=\frac{1}{z}-2\sum_{m=0}^\infty \zeta(2m+2)z^{2m+1} \end{align}$$

It all really comes from $$\frac{1}{1-w^2}=\sum_{m=0}^\infty w^{2m},$$ applied in each case to $w=\frac{z}{n}$, then switching the orders of the sums. We can switch the orders of the sums by showing that the sum is absolutely convergent (when $|z|<1$, at least.) We also needed absolute convergence to do the derivatives term-wise, and, of course $|w|<1$ for the power series substitutions.


Aside: Your $f(z)=\pi \cot \pi z$, and the formula only works for $|z|<1$ since $\zeta(2m+2)>1$ so the right hand side does not converge when $|z|\geq 1$.

There are some elementary proofs of Euler's product formula in this question. They are not pretty. Easier to prove with more advanced techniques like complex analysis or Fourier series.

Thomas Andrews
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