TITLE: What is the formula for Fourier Transform or Mellin transform of Riemann Zeta $\zeta(s)$
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: I have seen the Fourier and Mellin transform for Riemann
$\Xi (t)=\xi ({\frac  12}+it)$
where:
$\xi (s)={\tfrac  {1}{2}}s(s-1)\pi ^{{-s/2}}\Gamma \left({\tfrac  {1}{2}}s\right)\zeta (s)$
Fourier transform of $\Xi(t)$ is:
$\Xi (t) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty\Phi(u)e^{iut}\,du$
Where:
$\Phi(u) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty (4\pi^2n^4e^{9u/2}  - 6n^2\pi e^{5u/2} ) exp(-n^2\pi e^{2u})$
But I had not seen something similar for Fourier or Mellin transform for Riemann $\zeta(s)$ itself.
Is there a "closed form" formula for Fourier or Mellin transform for Riemann $\zeta(s)$ itself ?
Thank you.

REPLY [8 votes]: $\zeta(s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty n^{-s}$ is the Laplace transform of the distribution $S(u) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \delta(u-\log n)$. 


$\zeta(s) = \mathcal{L}[S(u)](s) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty S(u) e^{-su}du$ converges for $\Re(s) > 1$.
For $\Re(s) \in (0,1)$ it becomes the bilateral Laplace transform $\zeta(s) = \mathcal{L}[S(u)-e^u](s) =\int_{-\infty}^\infty (S(u)-e^u) e^{-su}du$
For $\Re(s) \in (-1,0)$ it is $\zeta(s) = \mathcal{L}[S(u)-e^u+\frac{1}{2}](s) =\int_{-\infty}^\infty (S(u)-e^u+\frac{1}{2}) e^{-su}du$
For $\Re(s) \in (-K,-K+1)$ it is $\zeta(s) = \mathcal{L}[S(u)-\sum_{k=0}^K \frac{B_k}{k!}e^{(1-k)u}](s) =\int_{-\infty}^\infty (S(u)-\sum_{k=0}^K \frac{B_k}{k!}e^{(1-k)u}) e^{-su}du$ where $B_k$ are the Bernouilli numbers.

Thus for $\sigma \in (-K,-K+1)$, the inverse Fourier transform (in the sense of distributions) of $\hat{f}(\xi)=\zeta(\sigma+2i \pi \xi)$ is $f(u)= e^{-\sigma u}(S(u)-\sum_{k=0}^K \frac{B_k}{k!}e^{(1-k)u})$.