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by danwills 252 days ago
I want to know more about an intuitive take on how the Zeta function does what it does! I know it must relate somehow to finding (or perhaps excluding) all the composite numbers but I'd really love to get more of a feeling about what each 'octave' of the function is adding-in. Seems like it must be something that 'flattens' the composites but increases sharply (in the infinite sum) at each prime.. but it's still a mystery to me how one could intuitively realise or discover that it's this specific function!? How did he do it?!
2 comments

Have you seen the 3b1b video?

https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/zeta

See the comment from AnotherGoodName here.