where the an are complex numbers and s is a complex variable. Such functions are called Dirichlet series. We call a1 the constant term. A Dirichlet series will often be written as ∑ ann −s, with the index of summation understood to start at n = 1. Similarly, ∑ app −s runs over the primes, and ∑ apkp −ks runs over the prime powers excluding 1. (Not counting 1 as a prime power in that notation is...

The general rationale of analytic number theory is to derive statistical information about a sequence {an} from the analytic behaviour of an appropriate generating function, such as a power series ∑ anz or a Dirichlet series ∑ ann−s . The type of generating function employed depends on the problem being investigated. There are no rigid rules governing the kind of generating function that is app...

We consider the Dirichlet series ∞ ∑ k=2 akk −1−x =: f(x), x > 0, with coefficients ak ≥ 0 for all k. Among others, we prove exact estimates of certain weighted Lp-norms of f on the unit interval (0, 1) for any 0 < p <∞, in terms of the coefficients ak . Our estimation is based on the close relationship between Dirichlet series and power series. This enables us to derive exact estimates for int...