Generalization of Riemann hypothesis for number fields

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Statement

Suppose K is a number field and O is the ring of integers in K. The hypothesis states the following: all the nontrivial zeros of the Dedekind zeta-function have real part 1/2.

Here, the Dedekind zeta-function is defined as:

ζK(s):=I1(N(I))s.

The sum is overall nonzero ideals of O, and N(I) is the index of I in O as an additive subgroup.

This result is sometimes termed the generalized Riemann hypothesis or the extended Riemann hypothesis, but that name is typically used for the generalized Riemann hypothesis involving Dirichlet L-functions.