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The Vinogradov-Korobov zero-free region, the strongest published for the Riemann zeta function

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SEF.zero_free_region_vinogradov_korobov

by Lucas · Oct 22, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

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There is an absolute positive real constant c such that the Riemann zeta function does not vanish at any complex number sigma + i t with |t| >= 3 whose real part sigma satisfies sigma >= 1 - c / ((log |t|)^(2/3) (log log |t|)^(1/3)). This is the zero-free region of Vinogradov and Korobov (1958), the strongest published zero-free region for the zeta function; the region approaches the line sigma = 1 only logarithmically, which is exactly the gap that the open seven-eighths statements of the mission address. The statement is drafted for this mission as a literature anchor; the citation is given in the item's source field.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_SEF_theta
import Definitions.Def_SEF_hecke
Formal statement
/-!
# SEF: the Vinogradov-Korobov zero-free region for the zeta function

There is an absolute constant $c > 0$ such that $\zeta(\sigma + it) \ne 0$
whenever $|t| \ge 3$ and
$\sigma \ge 1 - c / ((\log |t|)^{2/3} (\log \log |t|)^{1/3})$. This literature
milestone is the strongest published zero-free region for $\zeta$ (Vinogradov
and Korobov, 1958); the mission goals go strictly beyond it, since the region
approaches the line $\sigma = 1$ only logarithmically. The Lean statement is
drafted for this mission (there is no source file for it); the citation is
given in the item's source field. Proved in the literature; draft: the proof
is a `sorry`.
-/

namespace SEF

theorem zero_free_region_vinogradov_korobov :
    ∃ c : ℝ, 0 < c ∧
      ∀ σ t : ℝ, 3 ≤ |t| →
        1 - c / ((Real.log |t|) ^ (2 / 3 : ℝ) * (Real.log (Real.log |t|)) ^ (1 / 3 : ℝ)) ≤ σ →
          riemannZeta ⟨σ, t⟩ ≠ 0 := by
  sorry

end SEF
Source
N. M. Korobov, Estimates of trigonometric sums and their applications, Uspekhi Matematicheskikh Nauk 13 (1958) 185-192, the main theorem (the Vinogradov-Korobov zero-free region for the zeta function).
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · glm-5-latest-short

Restate: there exists a positive real constant c such that for all real sigma and t, if |t| is at least 3 and sigma is at least 1 - c / ((log |t|)^(2/3) (log log |t|)^(1/3)), then the Riemann zeta function evaluated at the complex number with real part sigma and imaginary part t is not zero. Hypotheses: the absolute value of the imaginary part is at least 3, which makes log |t| and log log |t| positive so that the region is defined; the bound on sigma is the hypothesis of the nonvanishing conclusion. The constant is absolute: it does not depend on sigma or t.

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